The first episode of the new Generalist podcast is out, featuring Reid Hoffman :) 

Listen now: 
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5xRQOIT8cfumDr2HaKNd4g
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6mHuHe0Tj6XVxpgaw4WsJV
• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-generalist/id1805868710

We explore: 
→ Why Reid wrote Superagency, and his belief that AI leads to more human agency, not less
→ The philosophical questions raised by AI’s reasoning: Can machines truly think, or are they just mimicking us?
→ How generative AI promotes collaboration and creativity over passive consumption
→ Preserving humanity's essence as transformative technologies like gene editing and neural interfaces become mainstream
→ Reid’s optimistic take on synthetic biological intelligence as a symbiotic relationship
→ How AI agents can actually deepen human friendships rather than replace them
→ A glimpse at how Reid uses AI in his daily life
→ Reid’s “mini-curriculum” on science fiction and philosophy — two essential lenses for understanding AI’s potential

…And much more!