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What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Future of AI with Nick Foster

What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Future of AI with Nick Foster

On with Kara Swisher vor 11 Monaten

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Futures designer Nick Foster spent decades helping tech companies
create products many of us didn’t even know we wanted. As the head
of design at Google X — a.k.a. Alphabet’s “Moonshot Factory,” which
is now known simply as “X” — he led teams working on
brain-controlled computer interfaces, intelligent robotics, and
even neighborhood-level nuclear fusion. He also designed emerging
technologies for Apple, Sony, Nokia and Dyson. But in his debut
book, “Could, Should, Might, Don’t: How We Think About the Future,”
Foster argues for a more measured approach to thinking about big
disruptive technology, like A.I. Kara and Nick talk about the
pitfalls of the current AI hype cycle, why executives need to think
critically about how everyday people are using AI, and how
companies can more thoughtfully adopt the technology. They also
talk about Foster’s argument that all of us need to take a more
“mundane” approach to thinking about AI and the future. This
episode was recorded live at Smartsheet ENGAGE 2025 in
Seattle. Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or
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