📜 In this episode, I'm thrilled to have the brilliant Professor Vasant Dhar from NYU Stern School of Business on The Proof Of Work Podcast for a thought-provoking conversation to explore some of today's most pressing questions at the intersection of technology, business, and society.

💼 Professor Dhar has had an extraordinary career spanning hedge funds, academia, and entrepreneurship bringing 44 years of experience in AI, Quantitative Finance, and Academia to bear on these nuanced issues.

🌀 We took a deep dive into the exciting journey from the pioneering early days of AI in the 1970s and 1980s to the extraordinary recent advances in natural language processing and powerful large language models like ChatGPT.

Some questions we covered:

👉 Where is AI headed next, and what are the implications for business and society as these technologies become further democratized?

👉 How can universities keep curriculums relevant amidst rapid technological change?

👉 Is AI a net positive for humanity, or does it pose existential risks?

👉 How should we evaluate controversial innovations like Bitcoin and blockchain?

💸 We also discuss the real drivers of value in the modern economy, the merits and downsides of fiat currency systems, whether government debt matters and more.

💡 This is a must-listen episode for an illuminating discussion that will expand your mental models on technology, progress, and the future!

👉 Professor Dhar's recent paper on The Paradigm Shifts in Artificial Intelligence - https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2308/2308.02558.pdf

👉 Subscribe to Professor Dhar's Brave New World Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/3wYn80EA9kDLip9OnVbVuL