🔮 Big tech; synbio; algorithms; fakes abound; sneaky execs, sick games++ #294

Hi, I’m Azeem Azhar. I convene Exponential View to help us understand how our societies and political economy will change under the force of rapidly accelerating technologies. If you appreciate this weekly roundup of insights, tweet it out 🐦.

I’m hosting a live online discussion with a dear friend, Tabitha Goldstaub, next week. Tabitha is a serial founder, and the chair of the UK government’s AI Council. Her latest book How to Talk to Robots aims to bring AI closer to non-technologists in order to bring the technology revolution to marginalized groups. Join us for a discussion on Friday, Nov 6, 12pm UK time.

Members can now read the transcript of my conversation with Taiwan’s Digital Minister Audrey Tang. Full podcast is available to all to listen here.

The near future

🎧 👉 Facebook is counting on virtual reality as the next computing platform. I hosted the company’s CTO, Mike Schroepfer, on the podcast this week. We go into Facebook’s beginnings, its approach to content moderation, it…