In the second part of this two-episode conversation, Stanford Professors Mehran Sahami and Jeremy Weinstein join Ron Steslow to discuss their book System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot.
(07:11) The modern day trolley problem
(16:54) Reorienting invention toward problem solving
(23:16) The other skills tech companies need
(28:53) The problem of the inventor/CEO
(39:57) What companies and governments can do to reshape how big tech operates
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