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September 13, 2021 36 mins

In the latest episode of The Digital Speaker series, The Digital Speaker interviews David Shrier. 

David Shrier is CEO and co-founder of Esme Learning and a leading AI futurist who has driven $9 billion worth of technology initiatives for Fortune 1000 companies and private equity. Shrier currently holds an appointment as Professor of Practice (AI and Innovation) at Imperial College Business School, and he is a former MIT New Ventures Officer and lecturer at the MIT Media Lab.

We covered a wide range of topics related to David’s latest book: “Augmenting Your Career: How to Win at Work in the Age of AI”, including: how to create ethical AI, how we can create human-machine symbiosis and whether we will ever merge with AI, why UX is so important when creating AI and why a philosopher makes an excellent AI programmer.

So, what are we waiting for? It is time to start today’s digital download.

The following companies, books and articles were discussed:

Esme Learning: https://esmelearning.com/

Rif Analytics: https://riffanalytics.ai/

Book: Augmenting your career: https://amzn.to/3l7aBZw

Book: Superforecasting: https://amzn.to/3zZu0Ss

Article: A Unified Framework of Five Principles for AI in Society - https://hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/l0jsh9d1/release/7

David Shrier’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidshrier

David Shrier’s website: http://www.visionaryfuture.com/

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