James Manyika
The Visionary
The future, and what is barely possible, reads round the next corner.
James Manyika is a thought leader in technology and economics, advocating for the equitable distribution of AI's benefits. This interview highlights his forward-thinking approach and commitment to addressing global challenges through innovation and collaboration.
“Oh, not at all. Not at all, Alistair, because I remember when I was in primary school, there were all these kids around me who were extraordinarily brilliant and very bright. Now, you know, I often laugh when people say to, oh, you must have been the smartest, brightest kid in your school, in your country. I said, no, no, no, no, no, no.”
“So, well, often people will be playing music. There were no televisions at the time. Television was a very rare commodity in the township in the seventies. So there would be a lot of music, a lot of people coming to hang out. In fact, there's a famous song called Cochian, which was actually done by Humor Sakela.”
“A lot of the actual fighting that was being done by as part of the liberation movement was actually not so much in the cities, in the townships as primarily in the rural areas in the outlying districts.”
“Well, I start with the view that anytime you have a very powerful technology, if it's powerful enough, it's going to hopefully bring extraordinary benefits, but also at the same time create some amount of complexity and risk. And I think this is such a technology.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading — 116. Is AI the answer to human suffering? (James Manyika)
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