AI, fungi, and the future of enterprise tech: Industry vet Bill Hilf on his debut novel 'The Disruption'

About this episode

Bill Hilf discusses his debut sci-fi novel 'The Disruption' and the implications of AI in enterprise technology.

Bill Hilf has spent decades enterprise tech, open-source technologies, and AI, from IBM and Microsoft to running Paul Allen's portfolio as the CEO of Vulcan. He now chairs the Allen Institute for AI and American Prairie . His debut sci-fi novel,  "The Disruption," imagines AI gone very wrong, and implicitly challenges the industry to think differently about how it's building our real future today. With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Todd Bishop

Guest: Bill Hilf

Topics covered

• AI
• enterprise technology
• sci-fi
• open-source technologies
• future of technology

Keywords

• AI
• sci-fi
• enterprise tech
• Bill Hilf
• The Disruption
• open-source
• future technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IBM, Microsoft, Vulcan, Allen Institute for AI, American Prairie

Books & works: The Disruption

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