Sebastian Thrun has spent his career working on technologies that once sounded like science fiction, from self-driving cars and flying vehicles to online education and artificial intelligence. He now believes we are living through a technological singularity: an exponential acceleration that makes predicting even the next five years almost impossible.Peter and Sebastian discuss why a $100 Claude subscription can already challenge work done by $200,000-a-year software engineers, what happens when lawyers, copywriters and drivers lose their jobs, why Europe is falling behind America and China and whether autonomous vehicles could eventually make human driving too dangerous to allow.But Sebastian’s message is ultimately optimistic. He argues that the right response to technological disruption is to use the tools, become a builder and keep learning. They discuss what children should be taught in the AI era, why grit, curiosity and empathy matter more than memorising information, and why pessimists will never change the world.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - The Future Is Already Here00:01:07 - Peter’s First Waymo Ride00:03:43 - The Accident Behind Self-Driving Cars00:09:37 - When Human Driving Becomes Too Dangerous00:12:07 - Why Silicon Valley Keeps Winning00:18:26 - Why AI Hallucinations Can Kill00:20:53 - Flying Cars Are Already Here00:24:29 - The Exponential Future00:26:21 - Claude vs $200K Software Engineers00:31:39 - We’ve Entered the Singularity00:33:36 - Opportunity vs Fear00:40:06 - The Workers AI Leaves Behind00:46:53 - Why Europe Is Falling Behind00:51:29 - Technology Democratizes Power00:57:22 - Stop Blaming, Start Building01:01:46 - What Happens When Jobs Disappear?01:06:43 - Udacity vs the Education System01:14:44 - What Children Should Learn Now01:20:25 - Why Optimists Change the World01:25:46 - Never Make the Same Mistake Twice- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mccormack555/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH SEBASTIAN THRUN› Website – https://www.thrun.org/› LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-thrun-59a0b273SPONSORS› IREN – https://www.iren.com/› Ledn – https://www.ledn.io/peter› Arch Public – https://archpublic.com/peter- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.