On this day after Thanksgiving, Connections will be doing a special national broadcast from Possible Podcast. *
12:00: Possible: Sal Khan talks about the future of K-12 education
1:00: Possible: Kara Swisher talks AI, media, and accountability
First, what would happen if every learner on the planet had access to a world-class education? This week’s Possible Guest has an impressive track record of using technology to make that dream a reality. Sal Khan is the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, an education nonprofit whose pioneering digital tools reach K-12 students, parents, and teachers around the world. , supports the school district. In this episode, Sal explains how technology expands access to education and creates more meaningful learning experiences. He also shares his experience helping train Chat-GPT and why he decided to focus all his efforts on AI 15 years after launching Khan Academy. Additionally, a special guest joins the podcast to demo Khan Academy’s new AI chatbot instructor, Khanmigo.
So what will the media landscape look like as technology companies own more and more ink as opposed to traditional media? And what can offer some optimism about the future of the news industry… Kara Swisher, right?! Reed and Aria discuss the roles, responsibilities, and advances of journalists covering rapidly evolving innovation with a well-known and first-hand technology journalist, author, and podcast host. We will talk about the roles and responsibilities of the engineers who promote the project. These cover the OpenAI/New York Times lawsuit, disinformation, the TikTok law, and AI’s potential to improve healthcare and climate change outcomes. Additionally, Kara argues that today’s content creators can benefit from staying relatively small rather than trying to scale up.
Then Friday night
9:00: Possible: Kevin Scott talks AI and humanism
What happens when artificial intelligence becomes so pervasive that we can no longer imagine what life would be like without it in the future? Kevin Scott is executive vice president and chief technology officer of AI at Microsoft. He joins the Possible Podcast to talk about AI, its impact on education, healthcare, and employment, and how AI can benefit us regardless of geography. Kevin, Reid, and Aria discuss Kevin’s leading role in Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership, collective decision-making for ethical AI, how technology can empower rural communities, and Kevin’s take on artificial general intelligence. Discuss what underlies the humanistic perspective. Additionally, Kevin responds to advice from Microsoft Copilot.
10:00: Possible: Anne-Marie Slaughter talks about the future of the care economy
Can technology help us fulfill our potential as not only rational and calculating beings, but also as caring beings? Anne-Marie Slaughter is an academic and intellectual. He is also the CEO of New America, a think tank focused on a wide range of public policy issues. She joins the podcast to talk about public interest technology, the care economy, and ultimately how technology can make humanity healthier. Reed, Aria, and Anne-Marie discuss the elderly care and childcare crisis, what new era humanity is entering, and how AI and other technologies are contributing to that change. guess about. Additionally, Pi from Inflection joins us to provide information on the care economy.
*The Possible Podcast: What would happen if everything in the future broke humanity’s path? Possible is an award-winning weekly show that depicts the brightest futures and what it will take to get there. Hosts Reid Hoffman and Alia Finger explore what’s possible with forward-thinking leaders, deep thinkers, and ambitious architects across technology, art, education, healthcare, and more. These conversations will center around how technology, specifically AI, will shape the future. Episodes feature AI tools like OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Inflection’s Pi to provide asides, prompt guests, and demonstrate what’s possible. Finally, in between guest episodes, Aria interviews co-host Reed about the latest insights into what’s possible when we effectively use technology and our collective efforts.
