On this episode, we discuss what it means for a technology to be transformational? Why Artificial Intelligence (AI) matters so much to us? What is AI? What are some good examples of AI? How AI works? Who are the key people & organizations to follow? The media narratives and how it distorts reality, our own personal experiences with AI, the limitations of AI and finally answer the question, "Will AI transform our lives?"Links to folks and organizations and other material mentioned in the episode People: Andrew Ng, Andrej Karpathy, Ben Lorica, Gary Marcus, Peter Diamandis, Sam Altman, Fei-Fei-Li, Pieter AbbeelCompanies/ organizations :  Singularity University, Google, Covariant.aiTweets and articles: GPT-3Uber/Lyft getting out of autonomous drivingAlpha-fold breakthroughBoston Dynamics robotsBlenderbot 2.0Show info:  Website, TwitterCo-hosts & Creators:  Kapil, Ravi 

This is the very first episode that introduces the people behind the show, the origin story of the podcast, the upcoming topics, the cadence and the methodology. Ideas Discussed in the show: AI, Climate Change, Quantum Computing, CRISPR, Blockchain, Web 3.0, Philosophy, Stoicism,  etc. People mentioned in the show (in order of appearance): Andrew Ng,  Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Tim Ferriss, Charles Darwin. Companies/ organizations mentioned in the show (in order of appearance):  XNode,  Chinaccelerator, Singularity University, Descript, The Paris Climate Accord. Show info:  Website, TwitterCo-hosts & Creators:  Kapil, Ravi