More often than not in 2026, AI is presented as THE existential threat. Kevin Surace, futurist, inventor and father of the virtual assistant, joins Tom to make the optimistic case. Drawing on his decades in technology and his new book The Joy-Success Cycle, Kevin explains why AI can make us smarter, more productive and happier by taking joyless work off our plates. He challenges the backlash against automation, considers who may gain and lose in the AI economy, and looks ahead to self-driving cars, AI tutors, domestic robots, gene editing and radical longevity.
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