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Austin entrepreneur Brett Alexander Hurt built some of the city's biggest tech companies, and now he's tackling a bigger question: can AI actually help create a better future for humanity? Walt Maciborski sits down with Hurt to talk about his new book "Love Conquers Fear: Humanity, AI, and the Age of Abundance for All," a USA Today bestseller that's hit #1 in 12 Amazon categories. They cover why people are right to feel uneasy about AI but wrong about what to fear most, what "abundance for all" actually means, the legacy of the late Josh Baer and Capital Factory, and why Hurt believes we're on the edge of a material science breakthrough that could change everything — from unlimited energy to solving poverty in places like Chad.
00:00 Introduction
00:56 Why write Love Conquers Fear now
02:48 Should people fear AI?
05:05 What "age of abundance" really means
07:42 Remembering Josh Baer and his legacy
10:41 Do we lose purpose to AI and robots?
14:18 The Super Facta: AI, quantum, robotics, BCI + spirituality
19:15 The takeaway from the book
24:39 Final thoughts
Brett Alexander Hurt is the founder of data.world and Bazaarevoice, and a longtime fixture of the Austin tech ecosystem.
His new book "Love Conquers Fear" is available now.
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Austin entrepreneur Brett Alexander Hurt built some of the city's biggest tech companies, and now he's tackling a bigger question: can AI actually help create a better future for humanity? Walt Maciborski sits down with Hurt to talk about his new book "Love Conquers Fear: Humanity, AI, and the Age of Abundance for All," a USA Today bestseller that's hit #1 in 12 Amazon categories. They cover why people are right to feel uneasy about AI but wrong about what to fear most, what "abundance for all" actually means, the legacy of the late Josh Baer and Capital Factory, and why Hurt believes we're on the edge of a material science breakthrough that could change everything — from unlimited energy to solving poverty in places like Chad.
00:00 Introduction
00:56 Why write Love Conquers Fear now
02:48 Should people fear AI?
05:05 What "age of abundance" really means
07:42 Remembering Josh Baer and his legacy
10:41 Do we lose purpose to AI and robots?
14:18 The Super Facta: AI, quantum, robotics, BCI + spirituality
19:15 The takeaway from the book
24:39 Final thoughts
Brett Alexander Hurt is the founder of data.world and Bazaarevoice, and a longtime fixture of the Austin tech ecosystem.
His new book "Love Conquers Fear" is available now.
More Tech This Out: cbsaustin.com 🔗 Follow Walt Maciborski for more Austin tech, defense-tech, and innovation coverage.
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CBS Austin is a Texas based station and a CBS Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today
#KEYE #CBSAustin #News #Austin #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Austin #TechNews #BrettAlexanderHurt #LoveConquersFear #AustinTech #DataWorld #TechThisOut #FutureOfAI #Abundance
