Is it Time for AI to Save the World? | Frank Schneider, Mark Minevich, W. Russell Neuman

This week on episode 348 we interviewed Frank Schneider, Vice President, AI Evangelist at Verint, Mark Minevich, Chief Digital AI Strategist, Global Social Innovation Technology Executive & Chair, UN Advisor, Private Investor and Author Columnist and W. Russell Neuman, Author of Evolutionary Intelligence: How Technology Will Make Us Smarter, founding faculty of the MIT Media Lab, and former Senior Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Frank shared his generative AI and LLM predictions for 2024 and the guidance he is giving to customers/prospects as new developments unfold. He also touched on what he learned going through the “acquirer matchmaking” process and shared some advice he would give other startups on this path. Mark discussed the guard rails we need to put in place to overweight tech for good. He shared how he sees AI technology trends impacting the global business landscape and discussed why he decided to write his latest book, Our Planet Powered by AI. Russell explained why he's taking an optimistic approach when it comes to AI. He explained some of the potential social, cultural, and economic consequences of AI that we should take into consideration and what dangers he perceives will come about because of evolutionary intelligence. DisrupTV is a weekly podcast with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.