AI, writing and artisanal media – inside Exponential View with Greg and Azeem

Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I’ve been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years.

Each week, I share some of my analysis or speak with an expert guest to make light of a particular topic.

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Greg Williams has joined EV as Executive Editor — two years in the search. He was editor-in-chief of WIRED UK, recognized as Editor of the Year (Technology) three times, and is a five-time novelist. Introducing him to our community in this week’s episode became an opportunity to redefine what EV is: why we make maps instead of stories, and where I think AI is taking institutional media.

We covered:

(00:10) Why Greg joined EV

(04:16) The four horsemen of the media apocalypse

(05:42) Google Zero

(06:47) AI: collaborator or adversary?

(08:48) Tools, not information

(11:09) We make maps, not stories

(14:18) Building for AI to consume

(17:52) AI can’t summarize The New Yorker

Read more about why we hired Greg here: https://www.exponentialview.co/p/exponential-view-greg-williams

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Where to find me:

Exponential View newsletter: https://www.exponentialview.co/

Website: https://www.azeemazhar.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azeem/

Twitter/X: https://x.com/azeem

Where to find Greg: https://www.uk.linkedin.com/in/greg-williams-0977a05

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