The Walker Webcast Marc Porat, Millenial Advisors
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Aug 28, 2025 In this engaging discussion, Marc Porat, a visionary at the nexus of technology and society, delves into the breathtaking evolution of artificial intelligence. He highlights how AI is revolutionizing personalized medicine, potentially transforming healthcare and extending lifespans. The conversation also touches on the ethical dilemmas of achieving artificial general intelligence, as well as the implications of AI and quantum computing on global power dynamics. Prepare to be fascinated by the future possibilities—and challenges—shaping our world!
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Founding General Magic Before Its Time
- Marc Porat recounts building General Magic in the 1990s and creating smartphone foundations a decade before the iPhone.
- He frames that project as a formative failure that seeded future breakthroughs like modern mobile platforms.
Rapid Shift From Curiosity To Capability
- AI's rise has moved from academic curiosity to pervasive capability within a few years, driven by transformers and large language models.
- The Turing test, once aspirational, has effectively been surpassed in conversational interfaces this year.
Drive AI With Ongoing Conversations
- Stop thinking of prompt engineering as a one-off trick and treat AI as a conversational collaborator over time.
- Persist, challenge, and refine AI through dialogue to produce higher-quality results.
