When I was a student, the narrative around education was straightforward: study hard, secure a degree from a good college, perhaps attend grad school, and the world would open its doors to you. Whether it was medicine, engineering, law, or business, these paths promised stability and a prosperous career.
Fast-forward to today, and we're on the verge of a seismic shift driven by advancements in AI, humanoid robotics, and super-intelligent autonomous agents. As someone deeply involved in technology investments and having witnessed firsthand the rapid acceleration of innovation—like humanoid robotics company FigureAI, which was just a dream a couple of years ago and is now on the cusp of reshaping entire industries—I often reflect on how the educational paths we once trusted are being dramatically reshaped.
If I were entering college or grad school today, knowing what I know now about the trajectory of technology, I’d think carefully about not only what subjects I study but the skill sets I cultivate.
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Howard Morgan: Insights from an Uber Successful Tech and VC Legend
Howard Morgan’s inimitable career began with his early and prescient interest in computers. In fact, Howard has been on email for 51 years! He is currently the Chair and General Partner of B Capital. He is considered one of the pioneers of early-stage investing, having co-founded First Round Capital alongside Josh Kopelman, which was the first professional seed stage fund and the first institutional investor in Uber.
Prior to First Round, Howard helped found Idealab with Bill Gross, and served as President of Renaissance Technologies, which he co-founded with Jim Simons. Renaissance Technologies is the best performing investment firm of all time, and its mysterious and famous Medallion Fund is considered to be the most successful fund ever.
A.I. Revolution
Can we harness the power of artificial intelligence to solve the world’s most challenging problems without creating an uncontrollable force that ultimately destroys us? ChatGPT and other new A.I. tools can now answer complex questions, write essays, and generate realistic-looking images in a matter of seconds. They can even pass a lawyer’s bar exam. Should we celebrate? Or worry? Or both? Correspondent Miles O’Brien investigates how researchers are trying to transform the world using A.I., hunting for big solutions in fields from medicine to climate change.
AI can restore the middle-class jobs lost to automation
AI is indeed changing the labor market, see the flood of news articles on layoffs happening in part due to companies’ priorities shifting to AI. Now a new working paper from Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist David Autor says that the shift presents a unique opportunity: AI could enable more workers to perform higher-stakes, decision-making tasks that are currently relegated to highly-educated workers such as doctors and lawyers.
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