What Are the Tech Billionaires Really Like? (Your Radical Questions with Reid Hoffman)

About this episode

Reid Hoffman discusses the responsibilities of tech leaders and shares insights on AI and its implications for society.

Reid Hoffman is one of the founding fathers of the modern technology industry – an early investor and champion of the world of AI and the co-founder of the largest professional network in the world, LinkedIn. In this episode, he answers your questions on whether tech leaders understand the scale of their responsibility over the job market, how politicians will deal with the potential repercussions of tech on the working class, how AI could be used for evil, and what his contemporaries Elon Musk and Sam Altman are really like. GET IN TOUCH * WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480 * Email: [email protected] Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan are released every Monday. Amol Rajan presents the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 and hosts University Challenge on BBC One. Before that, Amol was the BBC’s media editor and the editor of The Independent newspaper. Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Rufus Gray and Oscar Pearson. Digital production was by Joe Wilkinson and Beth Pritchard. Technical production was by Stephen Bailey. The Senior News Editor is Sam Bonham.

People in this episode

Host: Amol Rajan

Guest: Reid Hoffman

Topics covered

• technology
• AI
• job market
• responsibility
• politics
• working class

Keywords

• tech billionaires
• AI
• job market
• Elon Musk
• Sam Altman
• responsibility
• politics

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Organizations: LinkedIn, BBC Radio 4

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