I moved to Google in 2019. And then I worked at Google for two years and had an amazing time. That was when we were working on Lambda. For me, the potential of actually getting these models into production and building a small startup around this was very attractive. So that's what I went off to do in the beginning of last year. You raised $225 million and you reported in conversations to raise $675 million more. What do you hope to do with all that money? And do you think this is a better way? Because you're within Google, there's enormous power. If you're in Microsoft, any of these companies, you can certainly do a lot from these
After Kara and Nayeema debate the pros and cons of AI personal assistants vs. human personal assistants vs. fake personal assistants, we turn to Mustafa Suleyman, the man who co-founded DeepMind. Now, he and his co-founders Reid Hoffman and Karén Simonyan have started Inflection AI, a startup that creates “personal AIs,” and they're launching with a chatbot called Pi.
Kara talks to Mustafa about whether or not Pi is "woke," the conversion of Suleyman’s former colleague, Geoffrey Hinton, and — oh yes — AI’s potential to destroy humanity.
BTW, in lieu of personal AI, you can reach out to Kara and Nayeema for advice on your burning questions regarding your career, love, life or anything else. Call 1-888-KARA-PLZ and leave us a voicemail.
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