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Mustafa Suleyman Isn’t Like Everyone Else in Silicon Valley

Mustafa Suleyman Isn’t Like Everyone Else in Silicon Valley

The Mishal Husain Show vor 10 Monaten

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Mustafa Suleyman co-founded AI lab DeepMind when he was just 26
years old. Four years later, it was acquired by Google for a
reported $400 million.

He is now head of Microsoft’s AI unit, where he just unveiled a
new superintelligence team tasked with creating an AI that can
outperform humans at all tasks.

In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Suleyman talks about the
decisions society has to make about AI, the white-hot war over
tech talent and the competition with other tech bros.

00:00 - Introduction from Mishal Husain

02:20 - Suleyman’s daily use of AI

04:52 - Stoicism and the magic of AI

05:50 - Defining superintelligence

07:35 - The AI Wild West

09:20 - Humans misusing technology

11:43 - Promise of abundance, universal basic income

14:30 - Suleyman’s family and decision to drop out of
Oxford

19:37 - "Decisions we make may have very lasting
consequences”

21:04 - Exploring the ‘broligarchy’

22:28 - His view of Sam Altman and Open AI

24:11 - Conversations with Demis Hassabis about Gemini 3

26:15 - “I’m sort of a centrist these days”

28:09 - AI containment and the role of government

29:58 - Microsoft’s revised deal with OpenAI: “It is a shift for
us”

31:42 -The talent war and ‘Zuck’s’ pay packages

34:12 - Circular deals in AI: “Watching it carefully”

36:22 - “I really want to nail medical superintelligence”

37:36 - Suleyman on using AI for emotional support

40:21 - The UK lacks the “hustle culture” of Silicon Valley

42:13 - AI news reporters: “We’re exploring everything”

Watch this podcast here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0Ns_wjGlmjlPz0cded0nTYS

You can find the written version of this interview with Mishal’s
notes on Bloomberg Weekend:
https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

Contact The Mishal Husain Show mishalshow@bloomberg.net

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