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Forbes
11 hours ago
- Business
- Forbes
What Is The Future For Humans As AI Advances? Forbes AI 50 Weigh In
Photo byAt the Forbes AI 50 affair in San Francisco this week, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie was on hand mixing it up with some of the hottest AI unicorns of the year. A list which includes Anthropic, Cohere, Databricks, ElevenLabs, Figure AI, Glean, Harvey, Hugging Face, Midjourney, Mistral AI, Notion, OpenAI, Perplexity, Runway, Scale AI, Synthesia, Thinking Machine Labs, Writer and XAI--companies rapidly accelerating AI adoption. As I moved through the crowd, congratulating the honorees, I asked: "As people start to live to 100 years and beyond, what are they going to do with the rest of their lives? And more importantly, how will they afford it, especially as companies, like Shopify and Duolingo, transition to AI-first and begin opting for AI output over human talent. Karen Lee, chief marketing officer of Mayfield Fund, said she's given a lot of thought to longevity and what it means. 'There's lifespan, there's health span, and then there's career span,' she said, explaining that people will likely start extending their careers in sections. "Instead of feeling like you have just one career trajectory, why not have two or three and do things that are wildly different from one another. Things that maybe you didn't have time to do in your first career, you can now apply in your second, leveraging the relationships that you have, the creative energy you can give back to the community," she said. 'AI will compliment and allow people to venture down different career paths that they may never have explored otherwise.' Alan Ghelberg, chief financial officer of Harvey, a legal AI startup that just raised $300 million at a $500 billion valuation, had similar thoughts. 'I think there's going to be a lot more time to create new things in day-to-day life. More time for fitness and family as well.' And if we live even longer, we'll get to be wiser over a longer period of time, he added. Meanwhile Gen Z is burning out on the daily grind and has started to master the art of micro-retirements where mental health gap years are being taken to recharge and reassess the market to find work that can be meaningful and rewarding as AI reshapes the economy. Challenging the traditional notion of continuous work until retirement age, they are leaning into work-life balance with the perspective that they can work until they die as long as they get to take frequent breaks. And they're future-proofing themselves with physical skills that AI and robotics have yet to master, like going into the skilled trades of construction, electrical and plumbing that require a level of dexterity that robots do not yet have. However, with Forbes AI 50 honoree Figure AI's stated goal to build robots that can do any job humans can do, as AI optimizes to fill any role it can, humans need not apply. Even Equinox has started to replace massage therapists with Aescape's massage robot. So where does that leave the rest of us--training to become ballet dancers? Randall Lane, chief creative officer of Forbes and creator of the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, addressed the room of Forbes AI 50 honorees. 'If you look at the assembly line, mainframe computers, personal computers, even the Internet, even mobile smartphones, you didn't know you were in that era of incredible societal change and business change until a few years after,' he said. This is the first time in human history that we know in real time that we are creating disruptive technological change as it happens. 'This is a very potent technology,' he told me. 'We have to be optimistic. It's going to give productivity, create new jobs. And I think what we're going to figure out next is how we create a better world from this--instead of a dangerous one.'
Economic Times
30-04-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
From Satya Nadella to Sabeer Bhatia, here are the 24 grand keynote speakers at TiEcon 2025
Hundreds of luminaries from across industries, including frontrunners in the AI revolution, will gather at the San Jose Convention Center in California from April 30-May 2 for TiEcon 2025. This year's edition of the world's biggest entrepreneurship accelerator will feature nearly 40 sessions across 11 tracks. Each track or theme will focus on a different aspect of AI, machine learning (ML), quantum computing, and other cutting-edge technologies that will inevitably change the way we live and work. ADVERTISEMENT ICYMI, here are more details about the 11 tracks and TiE Silicon Valley, the non-profit organisation behind the flagship event. Among the dignitaries are 24 grand keynote speakers who will deliver opening addresses and participate in panels and fireside chats. Here's a look: 1) Satya Nadella Who: Chairman and CEO, Microsoft Session: Opening address and fireside session with Navin Chaddha, Managing Partner, Mayfield Fund. ADVERTISEMENT When: May 1, 9-9:45 am 2) Shantanu Narayen Who: Chair and CEO, Adobe ADVERTISEMENT Session: Opening address and grand keynote session with David Wadhwani President, Digital Media Business, Adobe When: May 2, 9-9:30 am ADVERTISEMENT 3) Thomas C. Werner Who: Chairman, Fenway Sports Group (FSG) Session: Opening keynote, 'Owning and Winning - Sports Media & Entertainment Binds Culture'. ADVERTISEMENT When: April 30, 1-1:45 pm 4) Paul Wachter Who: Founder and CEO, Main Street Advisors Session: Opening keynote, 'Owning and Winning - Sports Media & Entertainment Binds Culture'. When: April 30, 1-1:45 pm 5) Lip-Bu Tan Who: CEO, Intel Corporation Session: Grand keynote When: May 2, 9:30-10:00 am 6) Vivek Ranadive Who: Chairman, CEO, and Governor, Sacramento Kings Session: Opening keynote, 'Owning and Winning - Sports Media & Entertainment Binds Culture'. When: April 30, 1-1:45 pm 7) Satyan Gajwani Who: Vice Chairman, Times Internet Session: Opening keynote, 'Owning and Winning - Sports Media & Entertainment Binds Culture'. When: April 30, 1-1:45 pm 8) Jagdeep Singh Bachher Who: Chief Investment Officer, Office of the President, University of CaliforniaSessions: Opening keynote , 'Owning and Winning - Sports Media & Entertainment Binds Culture' (April 30, 1-1:45 pm) , 'Owning and Winning - Sports Media & Entertainment Binds Culture' (April 30, 1-1:45 pm) Grand keynote, 'Governance & Ethics' (May 2, 10:00-10:30 am) 9) Anita Manwani Who: President and Board Chair, TiE Silicon Valley; Founder and CEO, Carobar Business Solutions (reLIMS) Session: Panel, 'From Grit to Greatness: Inside the Journey to Unicorn Status' When: May 1, 1:30-2:00 pm 10) Warner Thomas Who: President and CEO, Sutter Health Session: Grand keynote, 'Designing the Future of Connected Care: Tech, Trust and the Road to Integration' When: May 1, 10:00-10:30 am 11) Navin Chaddha Who: Managing Partner, Mayfield Fund Session: Opening address and fireside session with Microsoft Chairman and CEO, Satya Nadella When: May 1, 9-9:45 am 12) Vasu Jakkal Who: Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Session: Grand keynote When: May 1, 2:00-2:30 pm 13) Shanker Trivedi Who: Senior Vice President, Enterprise Business, NVIDIA Session: Grand panel, 'The Future of AI – Platforms, Innovation, & Investments' When: May 2, 1:30-2:00 pm 14) Beerud Sheth Who: Co-Founder and CEO, Gupshup Session: Panel, 'From Grit to Greatness: Inside the Journey to Unicorn Status' When: May 1, 1:30-2:00 pm 15 ) Tsu-Jae King Liu Who: Dean and Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering, UC Berkeley Session: Grand keynote, 'Governance & Ethics' When: May 2, 10:00-10:30 am 16) Pradeep Khosla Who: Chancellor, UC San Diego Session: Grand keynote, 'Governance & Ethics' When: May 2, 10:00-10:30 am 17) Chet Kapoor Who: Chairman and CEO, DataStax Session: Panel, 'From Grit to Greatness: Inside the Journey to Unicorn Status' When: May 1, 1:30-2:00 pm 18 ) Sabeer Bhatia Who: Co-Founder, ShowReel; Founder, Hotmail Session: Panel, 'Open Quantum Conversation' When: May 2, 2-2:30 pm 19) Scott Crowder Who: Vice President, IBM Quantum Adoption Session: Panel, 'Open Quantum Conversation' When: May 2, 2-2:30 pm 20 ) Chetan Nayak Who: Technical Fellow, Quantum Hardware, Microsoft Session: Panel, 'Open Quantum Conversation' When: May 2, 2-2:30 pm 21) David Wadhwani Who: President, Digital Media Business, Adobe Session: Opening address and grand keynote session with Shantanu Narayen, Chair and CEO, Adobe When: May 2, 9-9:30 am 22) Aravind Ratnam Who: Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer, Q-CTRL Session: Panel, 'Open Quantum Conversation' When: May 2, 2-2:30 pm 23) Jayant Chaudhary Who: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Skill Development & Entrepreneurship; Minister of State, Ministry of Education, Government of India Session: Grand keynote When: April 30, 4:45-5:00 pm 24) Jay Vijayan Who: Founder and CEO, Tekion Session: Panel, 'From Grit to Greatness: Inside the Journey to Unicorn Status' When: May 1, 1:30-2:00 pm Head to the TiEcon 2025 website right away before slots fill up for the three-day extravaganza. Watch this space for additional information about bootcamps, networking opportunities, and more. * is a subsidiary of Times Internet. (This article is generated and published by ET Spotlight team. You can get in touch with them on etspotlight@
