Reid Hoffman has some advice for graduates entering a workforce ruled by AI. I don’t envy commencement speakers this year. Colleges just held their graduation ceremonies, letting loose thousands of young people looking for jobs at the exact moment that some AI industry leaders are predicting white-collar bloodbaths. Even the most inspirational advice lands like a…
Reid Hoffman argues that artificial intelligence will do something smarter than world domination — it will become an essential part of everyday life. Because the scale of change AI is poised to deliver is so great, our desire to know exactly what’s coming and when is equally urgent. It’s also inevitably speculative. Various industry leaders…
I recently learned of a new way people are using artificial intelligence. “Based on everything you know about me,” they ask ChatGPT, “draw a picture of what you think my current life looks like.” Like any capable carnival mind reader, ChatGPT appears to mix safe bets with more specific details. It often produces images of…
New technologies will bring change as immense as the Industrial Revolution and it’s natural for us to be wary — but engaging now will make our lives better, writes Reid Hoffman In Two Concepts of Liberty, his first lecture as Oxford’s Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory in 1958, Sir Isaiah Berlin showed us that…
At the center of many technological debates lies a fundamental question about human agency—our ability to make independent choices, act upon them, and exert influence over our lives. The rise of artificial intelligence is challenging the very concept of human agency, forcing us to ask whether we can continue to direct our own destinies or…
(youtube.com) What would happen if my 2004 self pitched LinkedIn to myself today, in 2024? In this video, I sit down for a conversation with a new (and younger) Reid AI—an AI-generated version of me from 20 years ago, trained to think like I did back when LinkedIn was a startup and I was preparing…
(youtube.com) I recently created an AI version of myself—REID AI—and recorded a Q&A to see how this digital twin might challenge me in new ways. The video avatar is generated by Hour One, its voice was created by Eleven Labs, and its persona—the way that REID AI formulates responses—is generated from a custom chatbot built…
AI, like most transformative technologies, grows gradually, then arrives suddenly. Headlines make AI feel abrupt and singular when it’s compared to a tidal wave, revolution or tectonic shift. In actuality, foundational work in AI has been going on since the 1950s. For more than a decade, Greylock has invested in AI startups, such as Cresta, Snorkel AI, Adept…
We are all collectively experiencing an aha! moment—that flash of discovery, insight or understanding—with the recent developments in AI, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Of course, an “aha” moment is a bit longer in the tooth than AI. According to the O.E.D, “aha” as we know it goes back at least to the 1390s, when English author…
The magic on display in the growing family tree of LLMs—before and beyond OpenAI’s ChatGPT—is astonishing. In these early stages, we’ll continue to collectively find our footing with AI, but the path is there to reconfigure how we work and live. That term itself—AI—has also been on my mind. As I’ve been so focused in recent…
When techno-optimists use ChatGPT, they see Star Trek: a future in which opportunities for personal fulfillment are as large as the universe itself.
Introducing ‘Fireside Chatbots’ with Reid Hoffman and ChatGPT
“I don’t feel ready.” That’s what I hear again and again from people starting—or restarting—their careers. But I have good news: you’re more ready than you think. I’m not saying this just to make you feel better. It’s true. You’re more adaptive than you think. If you don’t have enough relevant work experience, you may…
Your personal brand at work is not just what you say about yourself. It’s also what your network says about you. While this isn’t something you can fully control, there are ways to better understand and shape it. On the seventh episode of the Startup of You Podcast, Ben Casnocha and I discuss how to more effectively…
One of the riskiest things you can do in your career is to try to eliminate risk entirely. In fact, it’s impossible—and unadvisable—to avoid risk. For example, if you’re not aware of the risk involved in a potential career move, it’s probably not a breakout opportunity. The world changes—as do our jobs, companies, and industries.…