Blockchain, Brands and the Future of Consumer Experience and Access with Naimul Huq | S01 E05

When a machine is super intelligent, can we even reason with it? Can we even tell it what to do? Can we understand it at all? 

In this episode, I sit down with Naimul Huq, former SVP of Operations at Vayner3 and now CEO of Dr. Studio to dig into these questions about AI, and the tech evolution from the first iteration of social media to where we’re headed next.  

With a wealth of experience spanning over 15 years in digital culture, marketing analytics, and consumer insights, he has become a sought-after translator, bridging the realms of brands, blockchain, and the metaverse. In our conversation, Naimul and I delve into our respective immigrant journeys from Bangladesh, his upbringing in the American Midwest, his diverse career in healthcare innovation and political data science, and his strategic insights into exponential technologies like AI, VR, and blockchain. Throughout our discussion, we explored more topics including:

00:26 - How it’s like to keep up and stay ahead with emerging technology 

01:49 - How his cultural, spiritual, and family tradition influenced his life and career choices 

11:15 - What it took to shift from Med School to Web 3 

15:18 - His experience with helping traditional businesses (health insurance companies) leverage the use of technology

19:43 - How the narrative of big data started to emerge and statisticians started learning computer science

23:50 - What Web3 really means and the evolution of the Internet   

29:25 - The potential of where we’re going vs. where we are today 

34:49 - The possibility of AI being smarter than humans and the risk that comes along with it 

43:00 - (Rapid fire questions with Naimul) Why it’s important to build your credit score as early as possible, why you need to set aside time to meditate, and how a 49-inch monitor helps him get his life together 

45:00 - What’s next for web3 and what are the possibilities when technology becomes more available for more people?

51:00 - Who’s up next for Naimul? 

This episode was recorded in May 2023.

Bio: Naimul Huq, formerly served as the SVP and Head of Operations for Vayner3, an innovation consultancy founded by Gary Vaynerchuk, and now the CEO of Doctor Studios (⁠doctorstudios.co⁠) a digital content studio that helps doctors grow their personal brands, and the EVP of Innovation at /prompt. Naimul was born down the road in Lexington and started his career in Louisville. A TEDx speaker, analyst, and blockchain believer, he specializes in Web3 strategies, NFTs, crypto, data, analytics, AI and digital marketing. He’s an award-winning strategic consultant for Fortune 500 companies, startups, B2B and B2C organizations. He has worked on Federal elections, global non-profits, and the world's most innovative brands. Before all that he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Naimul lives in New York City.

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