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855: Exponential Views on AI and Humanity’s Greatest Challenges, with Azeem Azhar

2025/1/21
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Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn

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Azeem Azhar: 我认为指数型技术,特别是人工智能,正在以前所未有的速度改变着我们的世界。指数型技术是指那些每年都变得更好、更便宜的技术,例如硅芯片。这些技术不仅推动了数据科学的发展,也深刻地影响着我们的经济和日常生活。我们需要数据科学家来处理这些技术产生的海量数据。预测未来10到30年的科技发展趋势非常困难,但我们可以通过观察现有技术趋势的延续来推测未来。例如,世界计算能力的增长速度(以每秒浮点运算次数衡量)在过去几十年里保持了65%的复合年增长率,并且这种趋势很可能继续下去。这将导致数据量的巨大增长,以及对数据科学家等专业人才的需求持续增加。人们难以直观地理解指数增长,企业和政策制定者应采取基于第一性原理的思考方式来应对未来的技术变革。 我们需要理解技术背后的发展过程,并认识到这些过程的持续性。线性思维方式在快速变化的世界中是无效的,我们需要从第一性原理出发进行思考。许多人已经亲身经历了指数型技术的快速发展,例如智能手机和数据存储容量的增长,但仍然难以适应这种变化的速度。因此,我们需要回到第一性原理的思考方式,并根据历史经验来制定更现实的预测。 Jon Krohn: 我同意Azeem Azhar的观点,指数型技术正在深刻地改变着我们的世界。我们应该关注这些技术背后的发展过程,并尝试从第一性原理出发进行思考,以更好地应对未来的挑战。

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How can we use AI to solve global problems like the environmental crisis, and how will future AI start to manage increasingly complex workflows? Famed futurist Azeem Azhar talks to Jon Krohn about the future of AI as a force for good, how we can stay mindful of an evolving job market, and Azeem’s favorite tools for automating his workflows.

This episode is brought to you by ODSC), the Open Data Science Conference. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email [email protected]) for sponsorship information.

In this episode you will learn:

  • (05:43) Azeem Azhar’s vision for AI’s future

  • (14:16) How to prepare for technological shifts

  • (20:35) How to be more like an AI-first company

  • (38:46) The tools Azeem Azhar uses regularly

  • (50:09) The benefits and risks of transitioning to renewable energy

  • (1:09:28) Opportunities in the future workplace

Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/855)