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Amir Husain is an entrepreneur, CEO, AI technologist, and author based in Austin, Texas, with over 30 patents in AI and distributed systems. With multiple industrial and defense AI companies to his name, he is a recipient of Austin’s Top Entrepreneur award and has been included in UT Austin’s CNS Hall of Honor, as well as Austin’s 40 Under 40.

Amir joins us to talk about the expected growth and change in AI in the next 12-18 months, and how AI technology can improve human welfare and create solutions for global issues today with technologies of freedom. You can learn more about Amir and read highlights of this interview in the HFR Media Newsletter and download the interview transcript at the link below.

Questions and timestamps

(1:38)  What’s a technologist and what pulled you in this direction?

(3:25) Do you feel that AI should be embraced? And if so, concomitant with that, what are the things we should seek to protect here on a policy level?

(8:04) How do you see AI redrawing economic borders, political borders?

(15:04) On being part of the solution, and technologies of freedom

(20:00) Most likely transformative advances in the next 12 to 15 months in AI

(25:45) How do you assess whether a new technology is investment worthy? What do you look for?

(29:38) Do you support looking for livable conditions on Mars?

(32:01) How can AI can help with climate change or is it really a case of chasing our tails, especially given the huge energy requirements?

(38:06) Career advice for teens and parents

HFR Podcast Transcript Amir Husain And AI

 

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