Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

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How will the future unfold? What is the impact of AI and other exponential technologies on business & society? Join Azeem Azhar, founder of Exponential View, on his quest to demistify the era of exponential change.

Recent Episodes
  • What it’s like on the frontlines of Trump’s tariff’s war
    Apr 16, 2025 – 00:43:19
  • A tour of the tech boom — 5 waves you need to understand
    Apr 10, 2025 – 00:42:28
  • Are we ready for human-level AI by 2030? Anthropic's co-founder answers
    Apr 1, 2025 – 00:52:06
  • The future of Human-AI coexistence, according to Kevin Kelly (co-founder of Wired, futurist, author)
    Mar 19, 2025 – 00:44:33
  • AI in 2025 – A global perspective, with Kai-Fu Lee
    Jan 2, 2025 – 00:50:23
  • AI in 2025 – The great normalisation, with Nathan Benaich
    Dec 26, 2024 – 00:46:11
  • AI in 2025 – Infrastructure, investment & bottlenecks with Dylan Patel
    Dec 23, 2024 – 00:51:13
  • Exponential Growth: Why AI, Solar & Batteries Will Keep Getting Cheaper | Exponential View & Cleaning Up Podcast
    Nov 28, 2024 – 01:10:29
  • The Science of Making Truthful AI
    Feb 7, 2024 – 00:43:47
  • Azeem’s 2024 Trends: AI, Energy, and Decentralization
    Jan 31, 2024 – 00:20:52
  • The Challenges and Benefits of Generative AI in Health Care
    Jan 17, 2024 – 00:35:18
  • Managing AI’s Carbon Footprint
    Jan 10, 2024 – 00:34:04
  • AI Takes the Wheel: New Advances in Autonomous Driving
    Dec 27, 2023 – 00:32:37
  • AI Is Transforming Businesses (with Andrew Ng)
    Dec 20, 2023 – 00:28:19
  • A.I. Is Driving an Information Revolution
    Dec 13, 2023 – 00:33:26
  • Understanding the Schism at OpenAI
    Dec 6, 2023 – 00:45:47
  • Azeem’s Picks: The Promise of AI with Fei-Fei Li
    Nov 29, 2023 – 00:36:07
  • Azeem’s Picks: Grading AI’s Hits and Misses
    Nov 22, 2023 – 00:47:57
  • Azeem’s Picks: Creating AI Responsibly with Joanna Bryson
    Nov 15, 2023 – 00:31:40
  • Azeem’s Picks: AI, Accountability, and Power with Meredith Whittaker
    Nov 8, 2023 – 00:31:17
  • Azeem’s Picks: How to Practice Responsible AI with Dr. Rumman Chowdhury
    Nov 1, 2023 – 00:48:54
  • Introducing Exponentially with Azeem Azhar
    Sep 7, 2023 – 00:01:50
  • Azeem on AI: What Can the Copernican Revolution Teach Us about the Future of AI?
    May 26, 2023 – 00:10:08
  • Azeem on AI: Are Large Language Models the Future of the Web?
    May 24, 2023 – 00:08:55
  • Azeem on AI: Where Will the Jobs Come from After AI?
    May 19, 2023 – 00:08:42
  • Azeem on AI: Will Large Language Models Reshape Our Economies?
    May 17, 2023 – 00:07:57
  • Azeem’s Picks: AI’s Near Future with Jürgen Schmidhuber
    May 12, 2023 – 00:30:21
  • Azeem’s Picks: Beyond Deep Learning (with Gary Marcus)
    May 10, 2023 – 00:35:43
  • Azeem’s Picks: Demis Hassabis on DeepMind’s Journey from Games to Fundamental Science
    May 5, 2023 – 00:43:04
  • Azeem’s Picks: Sam Altman on How GPTs Are Shaping Our AI Future
    May 3, 2023 – 00:44:59
  • Upcoming Hiatus: What to Listen to While We’re Away
    Jun 22, 2022 – 00:05:25
  • Can Entrepreneurs and Governments Team Up to Solve Big Problems? (from Cold Call)
    Jun 15, 2022 – 00:24:45
  • The Co-Creator of the iPod and iPhone on Radical Innovation (with Tony Fadell)
    Jun 8, 2022 – 00:45:53
  • The Science and Economics of Carbon Recycling (with LanzaTech’s Jennifer Holmgren)
    Jun 1, 2022 – 00:43:18
  • Can Collective Intelligence Beat the Market? (with Numerai’s Richard Craib)
    May 25, 2022 – 00:42:37
  • Hydrogen’s Role in Decarbonization (with Electric Hydrogen CEO Raffi Garabedian)
    May 18, 2022 – 00:39:58
  • Flying Taxis Are Coming (with Volocopter’s Florian Reuter)
    May 11, 2022 – 00:53:46
  • How Web3 Is Changing Commerce and Governance (with Not Boring’s Packy McCormick)
    May 4, 2022 – 00:44:04
  • Money in the Metaverse (with Citi’s Ronit Ghose)
    Apr 20, 2022 – 00:39:27
  • Venture Capital and Deep Decarbonization (with Energy Impact Partners’ Shayle Kann)
    Apr 13, 2022 – 00:47:25
  • AI and Cancer: Unlocking the Immune System (with Immunai’s Luis Voloch)
    Apr 6, 2022 – 00:47:06
  • How To Make Nuclear Energy Safe (with Seaborg’s Troels Schönfeldt)
    Mar 30, 2022 – 00:37:52
  • The Meaning of Life in the Metaverse (with David Chalmers)
    Mar 23, 2022 – 00:50:45
  • The Future of Warfare Is Here (with General Sir Richard Barrons)
    Mar 16, 2022 – 00:38:45
  • How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Will Change Cyberwar (with Robert Hannigan)
    Mar 9, 2022 – 00:44:38
  • Vertical Farming and the Future of Food (with ZERO Farms’ Daniele Modesto)
    Mar 2, 2022 – 00:48:46
  • Scaling Synthetic Biology (with Ginkgo’s Reshma Shetty)
    Feb 23, 2022 – 00:47:50
  • Micromobility Will Change Our Cities (with Horace Dediu)
    Feb 16, 2022 – 00:48:48
  • How Venture Capital Made the Modern World (with Sebastian Mallaby)
    Feb 9, 2022 – 00:57:18
  • The Future of Healthcare: Personalization and AI (with ZOE’s Jonathan Wolf)
    Feb 2, 2022 – 00:43:52
Recent Reviews
  • Smegma53
    The Future of Meat.
    This episode was recommended by NY Times. I was very interested, but the guest barely speaks English. I attempted to concentrate but his accent is incomprehensible. Maybe his interview should be read by A.I ?
  • MacManiacATL
    Great forward thinking listen
    After listening to several podcasts by this author I really enjoy the futuristic forward thinking of the guests. We are learning a lot of information about the future and the exponential advance of information and how it affects us all.
  • LisaIsHereForIt
    Absolutely mind-blowing 💥
    Azeem is brilliant and an incredible interviewer. No matter the topic, you’re guaranteed to gain something from every episode - can’t recommend Exponential View enough. 🙌
  • malfoxley
    Great show!
    Azeem, host of the podcast, highlights all aspects of tech and more in this can’t miss podcast! The host and expert guests offer insightful advice and information that is helpful to anyone that listens!
  • Winston2356
    NPR with a brain
    The most disappointing podcast I've tried out. The topics are great. Speaker is clear and concise. Good production too. But everything is spun from the left. Recently, listened to one on mapping AI's impact. Was hoping to hear something like Netflix' Social dilemma which described how social media hijacks our emotional impulses. However, the speaker was all about environment degradation, white bias in data, high tech isn't paying taxes, etc. It was like an intelligent episode of an NPR program. All they said may be true, but I've never heard anything positive about a position from the right and every position the left takes was good. So, I don't know where there objectivity gives way to activism and a one sided view. Saying high tech companies don't pay taxes is just untrue. The companies are owned by stockholders. When their stock goes up, they pay taxes on them. They may not be paying enough, but you need to provide a more sophisticated view; inotherwords both sides even if you dis one side. It's fine to have an opinion, just be complete.
  • Alanamw11111
    Complex Subjects Made Simple
    I couldn’t recommend this podcast more - I’ve always been interested in complex technologies but I’ve never found a means of digesting that information in a way that made sense. Not until this podcast, that is!
  • MarcSF
    Pretentious, overly PC, bad taste intro
    I really don’t like how it starts with “...or you’ll get left behind”. It’s too general and intense to start with. Then I just find the host a bit pretentious sounding, and content s little overly PC
  • SAARKÉSH
    Complexity Made Comprehensible
    Thank you for the most concise & comprehensive discussion on Quantum Computing, as well as many other relevant topics of our times. The key driver of the quality being the host’s effective lead in establishing the right flow in the questioning which leads to a great educated discussion among real experts. Many thanks 🙏
  • H&B 125
    Great podcasts!
    Great podcasts! Consistently relevant and informative.
  • HaléYR
    Exceptional
    This podcast consistently delivers reliable, relevant content. Even when the subject matter is of a concerning nature, the issues are discussed thoughtfully and leave me hopeful that great minds are pursuing improvements. I share regularly, and broadly.
  • YR Berkeley
    excellent podcast
    Azeem Azhar is brilliant. Super smart, helps understand the big picture yet is grounded on solid bottom up analytic thinking. thank you!My teenage boys also greatly benefit from it.
  • Scottish16
    Great tech podcast find!
    I had been looking for a while for a comprehensive tech oriented podcast and finally found it. The interviews are fascinating and they delve deep into many of the world’s most important challenges and solutions
  • DavisNordell
    Awesome podcast
    Great topics and discussions. So far I’ve listened to topics covering technology and VC and have found them to be very insightful and thought provoking. Great job, exactly what you’d expect from HBR.
  • Juan m. P.
    Great AI Podcast
    This is a great AI and technology podcast looking for the best scientists around the world with the ability to show very clear content in a short time.
  • Phan-
    Absolutely 5 Stars!
    Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this podcast! Brilliant. Profound. Clarity. Thought provoking.
  • NaughtyAssassin
    Brilliant
    Absolutely brilliant. A must listen for the human race.
  • Gumshue
    Curated insights from thought leaders
    Outstanding content! Azeem has done the legwork of curating interviews that inform pivotal aspects of our current and future lives. His keenly informed and insightful questions with his stellar guests are an incredible gift to us all professionally, personally, and socially. This podcast is top of my list.
  • obacker19
    Entertaining, insightful and actionable! 🔥
    Whether you’re well established as someone who can translate creative energy into the impact you want to have on the world, or just getting started as a catalyst for change in the world of exponentials - this is a must-listen podcast for you! Azeem does an incredible job leading conversations that cover a huge breadth of topics related to the ins and outs of building a thriving enterprise and life you can be proud of - from leaders who’ve actually walked the path. Highly recommend listening and subscribing!
  • Whyareallthenicknamestaken?_
    In-depth analysis of dis rioting technology
    Really like the episode of Fei Fei Li talking about artificial intelligence and an episode a venture investor talking about gene technology. Would like to have a deep digging of the landscape of self driving vehicle, the current leader, parts, associated technologies
  • Zaptrax
    Intelligent and Insightful
    Interesting guests and an engaging host discussing the most important issues where technology, economy, and government meet.
  • Abhas Jha
    Wonderful resource
    My go to podcast for all things tech
  • 44F
    Best podcast for BigTbinking
    This is a wonderful resource that helps me find new thinkers to read as well as getting my brain buzzed. I save episodes and listen again and see seismic shifts in my own thinking which is the best way to live on the edge of your ability. Highly recommend.
  • Gopi Gopalakrishnan
    The best podcast on AI and ML
    This is the best podcast that I have listened to which is truly mind expanding. Each episode is unique in its on way from the context of understanding how AI and ML is impacting every walk of our life, industry, government and society. Thank you Azeem for your outstanding work!
  • chillclimber
    Informative and Lively
    I’ve been a fan of Azeem’s newsletter for a while now and the podcast is the perfect logical extension. The topics discussed are always relevant but with a fresh and different perspective that is distinctive from many other podcasts out there that cover technology and it’s cultural implications. You’ll absolutely feel smarter and more informed after listening and be exposed to insights you probably would never have expected.
  • mack rosea
    Crucial
    To understand our collective future, and the implications of technology’s influence on our personal, political, financial, and spiritual lives- all thinking people need to listen to this podcast.
  • Jbkatx
    Excellent podcast
    Insightful and informed exploration of technology and technology-related matters. Low-ego host who skillfully guides conversations with guests to move listeners through a compelling exploration of the week’s topic. Highly recommend!
  • Jambosana11
    Incredible insights and information
    Great podcast
  • JackC3
    Highly Recommended
    Exponential View is proving to be an excellent podcast that is thoughtful, intelligent, and well focused. Azeem is an exceptionally astute and thoughtful interviewer. Highly recommended.
  • RoboticPirateMonkey
    Constructive and useful outlook
    Explores the intended and unintended consequences of major technology trends and progress without being alarmist or unquestioningly optimistic. Recognizes progress while also acknowledging its risks.
  • Hskinni
    Hamish
    A great podcast. Azeem and his guests always provide fascinating insight.
  • M.Moose
    Great podcast
    Subscribe
  • Pi8rreM8nard
    Important and fun
    Azeem, I approached this podcast with an investor’s mindset. How do I soak up enough of the right kind of information to give myself an advantage? But your episode on surveillance capitalism woke up dormant concerns in me. I see you as a curious capitalist and I’m not sure you agree completely with all the arguments made in this episode, but you give them space to breath - and they are important arguments. This episode earned my five star rating. Excellent work. Keep it up.
  • bpw87544
    eclectic and informative
    I have been following Azeem Azhar since I started subscribing to his Exponential Views email newsletter. His podcast goes into more depth on many fascinating issues about the effect of technology on society. Enjoyable, eclectic, and informative.
  • The OGG
    Interesting
    I appreciate the variety of guests and the way Azeem approaches each one with an open mind. Truly an engaging podcast with lots of thought-provoking themes.
  • DLStreet1960
    Easy to listen to
    I find the content easy to listen to during my commute. Azeem does a good job helping guests explain some complex issues.
  • slm3412
    Lacks content
    Azeem is a charming and conscientious host, and his guests. The show just gives some of the topics it discusses (AI in particular) too superficial a treatment to be useful. If you are curious about HOW artificial intelligence will change the world, you will not get that here. If you didn’t already know that it will change the world, you’ll find the podcast revealing.
  • KCBurson
    True Quality
    This is the only podcast I listen to regularly. Azeem addresses critical topics and interviews people at the cutting edge of the next paradigm. He dives below the surface on a range of subjects and includes interviewees from a diverse set of disciplines. Finally, he keeps it short enough that it is an easy podcast to fit into your life. I can’t recommend this podcast enough.
  • ARAWAK75
    Excellent podcast
    Expand my knowledge base with each podcast
  • Mystique83
    I loved the episode with Dr. Eric Topol
    Loved how you two discussed how important it is now more than ever to revisit the curriculum for future physicians. Including ethical concerns. Physician burnout rate is so real. I was at a recent IU conference and they discussed it as well.
  • Niko Peters
    Amazing podcast
    One of the best podcasts on Artificial Intelligence. Love how it doesn’t necessarily dabble in tech business, but rather the general world of tech that transcends business and startups :)
  • PapaG3
    Staple podcast
    Innovative, analytical, thorough, clear, thoughtful ... I can’t thank and praise Azeem and his team enough for the insight this podcast and his weekly “wondermissive” of the same name being to the table. If you can’t make sense of the pace or content of innovation, then this podcast is required listening. And if you can then it’s likely because of it.
  • IAJunkie
    Great podcast!
    Relevant and current podcast
  • Kenneth Cukier
    Utterly fascinating and indispensable
    This is the best podcast that exists that spans technology and innovation to touch on essential questions of society, business politics, economics and more. Great guests and brilliant questions. A pure delight.
  • it's my simulation
    A rare find
    In a natural and engaging way, Azeem takes conversations deeper and covers new ground with highly influential people. I subscribe to several podcasts on AI, tech, startups and society, and this is my new go-to.
  • ccshatz
    To my kids
    Listen to this. It’s the closest I’ve come to what your world will look like
  • Lets make our cities great
    Important for our current times
    Technology, private industry, and government. How will these three forces come together to support the kind of society we want. These podcasts provide some ideas.
  • AstroGirlBunny
    Excellent
    Discovered this podcast through a LinkedIn article. Impressed and normally not a podcast person. Well done.
  • i love real food
    Jam packed with value and thought provoking insights!
    I look for the newsletter every Sunday and thoroughly enjoy each podcast. You get a global perspective, meet relevant, future-forward thought-leaders and learn a ton following the Exponential View!
  • Slimboy fat81
    Chicken Soup for the Mind
    This is an amazing podcast. There is so much rich information that I listen to the casts several times during the week to think through the topics in greater depth. Thank you Azeem.
  • Meanebatt
    Tech and entrepreneurship via european values
    Exceptionally thoughtful, well-informed conversations about the intended and unintended implications of AI-infused technologies. Maybe most importantly, I can rely on Azeem (host) to challenge his guests' valley/US-centrism with charitable precision. Highly recommended for any social scientist interested in studying the implications of technology for the world of work.
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