Reflections On The Sana AI Summit In New York City

Reflections On The Sana AI Summit In New York City

From Josh Bersin by Josh Bersin

May 23, 2026 · 23 min

About this episode

Josh Bersin shares insights from the Sana AI Summit in NYC, discussing the implications of AI on jobs, economy, and safety.

This week I attended the Sana AI Summit in NYC, so I wanted to share the various conversations and new ideas that came from this multi-disciplinary meeting. I hope my summary helps you see some of the bigger issues at play here. Will AI destroy the job market? What is the real economic value so far? What is the difference between AI and humans? How safe is AI in reality? And how can we use AI to really better our lives, careers, and companies? I hope my summary gives you some new ideas to think about as this technology permeates our lives and businesses. (And I recommend Geoffrey Hinton’s discussion for a listen.) Speaker Role / affiliation listed Tyler Cowen Economist and author Geoffrey Hinton Computer scientist and “Godfather of AI” Anton Osika Co-Founder, Lovable Lauren Crichton Vice President, Sana Benjamín Labatut Writer Aneel Bhusri Co-founder, CEO and Chair, Workday Jasmine Sun Tech anthropologist Joel Hellermark Founder and CEO, Sana Sara Imari Walker Astrobiologist Ethan Mollick Professor of Entrepreneurship Anu Atluru Essayist and technologist

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Host: Josh Bersin

Topics covered

  • AI impact on job market
  • economic value of AI
  • AI vs humans
  • AI safety
  • using AI for betterment

Keywords

  • AI
  • job market
  • economic value
  • AI safety
  • technology
  • Sana AI Summit
  • New York City

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Places: New York City

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