Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques

Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques Trailer Bonus Episode 157 Season 5

157. Communicating the Future: Defining Where We Want AI to Take Us

157. Communicating the Future: Defining Where We Want AI to Take Us157. Communicating the Future: Defining Where We Want AI to Take Us

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Advancing technology can be used to raise our own standards of communication.

Show Notes

Artificial intelligence can now do a lot of things. But if you’re worried about it taking your place as a communicator, Russ Altman says you need to question why you’re communicating in the first place.
Altman is a professor of bioengineering, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and host of Stanford Engineering’s podcast, The Future of Everything. According to him, advancing technology isn’t a threat to human creativity and connection, but a tool we can use to raise our own standards for communication.
“If you're worried that a ChatGPT-type tool can replace you, you need to [ask]: Why am I communicating? What am I trying to say? Do I have a message?” he says. “If those things are true, it shouldn't be a problem. It should actually amplify and improve your message.”
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Altman and host Matt Abrahams explore how effective communication can help us envision, articulate, and navigate towards our desired future, in our relationships, in our work, and in society.

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Creators & Guests

Host
Matt Abrahams
Lecturer Stanford University Graduate School of Business | Think Fast Talk Smart podcast host
Guest
Russ Altman
Professor of Bioengineering, of Genetics, of Medicine, of Biomedical Data Science

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