#280 - The Future of Artificial Intelligence

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Eric Schmidt about the ways artificial intelligence is shifting the foundations of human knowledge and posing questions of existential risk.</span></p> <p><strong>Eric Schmidt</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a technologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He joined Google in 2001 where he served as chief executive officer and chairman from 2001 to 2011, and as executive chairman and technical advisor thereafter. Under his leadership, Google dramatically scaled its infrastructure and diversified its product offerings while maintaining a culture of innovation. In 2017, he co-founded Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative that bets early on exceptional people making the world better. He serves as chair of The Broad Institute, and formerly served as chair of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. He is the host of </span><a href="https://www.reimaginepod.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reimagine with Eric Schmidt</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a podcast exploring how society can build a brighter future after the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, he is the co-author of </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3v4UB0f" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Age of AI: And Our Human Future</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.&nbsp;</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Website: </span><a href="https://www.reimaginepod.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://ericschmidt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ericschmidt.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1650741743518000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2HvVZTXvN5XeE3Mja6Pikt">https://ericschmidt.com/</a></span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ericschmidt?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%