The Future of AI at Work - with Nicholas Thompson and Matt Wood
What does it take to succeed in the disruptive world of AI? In this episode, Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson sits down with Matt Wood, PwC’s Global and U.S. Commercial Technology and Innovation Officer, to trace his path from medical school and protein folding research to Amazon Web Services and now PwC. They discuss the transformative power of AI; why, when disruptive forces emerge, companies may be better off doubling down on their core identity rather than reinventing themselves; and how the organizations of the future may be reshaped by autonomous agents working alongside humans.
(00:00) Introduction
(01:56) Matt's path from medicine to machine learning
(05:27) The Human Genome Project and the data explosion
(09:08) The AI inflection point
(11:21) Why AI’s biggest impact will be organizational, not technical
(13:00) How companies navigate disruption without losing identity
(18:48) The coming flattening of organizations
(21:32) Managing teams of humans and agents
(24:51) The most interesting way Matt has used AI
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The AI Athlete - with Nicholas Thompson and Will Ahmed
Can AI unlock your full potential as an athlete? In this episode, Nicholas speaks with Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Whoop, about how wearable technology and AI are transforming health, performance, and longevity. From monitoring sleep and recovery to analyzing biomarkers and offering personal health insights, Ahmed shares how Whoop is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in healthcare in the age of AI.
(00:00) Introduction
(01:49) What WHOOP measures and how it works
(09:00) What new metrics could reveal about the mind and body
(15:05) How AI advances are changing WHOOP
(17:46) Balancing personalization with privacy
(23:30) Measuring health span and longevity
(24:07) When performance and health diverge
(27:01) The future of preventative, AI-driven health
(30:09) The most interesting way Will has used AI
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Neuro-Symbolic AI - with Nicholas Thompson and Ohad Elhelo
In this episode, Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson speaks with Ohad Elhelo, co-founder and CEO of AUI, about neuro-symbolic systems. Apollo-1, AUI's neuro-symbolic foundational model, promises both the fluency of generative models and the reliability of symbolic reasoning, an AI method that uses symbols and explicit rules to represent knowledge and perform logical inference. Could this hybrid architecture finally unlock task-oriented AI at scale?
(00:00) Introduction
(02:57) A rift in the AI community
(04:59) Why neuro-symbolic AI could succeed where chatbots have failed
(12:04) How AUI built its model
(19:11) How to solve the hallucination problem
(25:46) Business use cases for neuro-symbolic AI
(30:48) What happens once Apollo One launches
(35:03) The most interesting way Ohad has used AI
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Season 3 Trailer
A podcast series examining how AI is reshaping our world. Each episode features a conversation with a leading thinker who offers a fresh perspective on the far-reaching ethical, economic, and social implications of this technology.
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AI Optimism - with Nicholas Thompson and Kevin Kelly
What happens if we get AI right? In this episode, Nicholas speaks with Wired co-founder Kevin Kelly about AI’s potential to positively impact the future of humanity.
Featured Guest: Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired
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A podcast series examining how AI is reshaping our world. Hosted by Nicholas Thompson, each episode features a conversation with a leading thinker who offers a fresh perspective on the far-reaching ethical, economic, and social implications of this technology.
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