#91 – Jack Dorsey: Square, Cryptocurrency, and Artificial Intelligence

About this episode

<p>Jack Dorsey is the co-founder and CEO of Twitter and the founder and CEO of Square.</p> <p>Support this podcast by signing up with these sponsors:<br /> &#8211; MasterClass: <a href="https://masterclass.com/lex">https://masterclass.com/lex</a></p> <p>EPISODE LINKS:<br /> Jack&#8217;s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jack">https://twitter.com/jack</a><br /> Start Small Tracker: <a href="https://bit.ly/2KxdiBL">https://bit.ly/2KxdiBL</a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.</span>&#160;If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/ai">https://lexfridman.com/ai</a> or connect with @lexfridman on <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman/">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">Medium</a>, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/lexfridman">YouTube</a> where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artificial-intelligence/id1434243584">Apple Podcasts</a>, follow on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL">Spotify</a>, or support it on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">Patreon</a>.</p> <p>Here&#8217;s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.</p> <p>OUTLINE:<br /> 00:00 &#8211; Introduction<br /> 02:48 &#8211; Engineering at scale<br /> 08:36 &#8211; Increasing access to the economy<br /> 13:09 &#8211; Machine learning at Square<br /> 15:18 &#8211; Future of the digital economy<br /> 17:17 &#8211; Cryptocurrency<br /> 25:31 &#8211; Artificial intelligence<br /> 27:49 &#8211; Her<br /> 29:12 &#8211; Exchange with Elon Musk about bots<br /> 32:05 &#8211; Concerns about artificial intelligence<br /> 35:40 &#8211; Andrew Yang<br /> 40:57 &#8211; Eating one meal a day<br /> 45:49 &#8211; Mortality<br /> 47:50 &#8211; Meaning of life<br /> 48:59 &#8211; Simulation</p>