Communicating the Future: How to Define Where We Want AI to Take Us [Video]

In this episode, Russ Altman shares his optimism about human connection and technological progress.

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.

This video and podcast episode are a production of Stanford Graduate School of Business. With help from Podium Podcast Company. Video created by Aech Ashe.