Pedro Uria-Recio on interlacing humans and AI, brain-computer interfaces, jobs to entrepreneurship, and enabling mindsets for the future

“AI is going to change humanity into possibly a new species; we could call it a new form of humanity, which is different from what we have today. “

– Pedro Uria Recio

About Pedro Uria Recio

Pedro Uria-Recio is a highly experienced analytics and AI executive. He was until recently the Chief Analytics and AI Officer at True Corporation, Thailand’s leading telecom company, and is about to announce his next position. He is also the author of the recently launched book Machines of Tomorrow: From AI Origins to Superintelligence & Posthumanity. He was previously a consultant at McKinsey and is on the Forbes Tech Council.

Websites:

www.machinesoftomorrow.ai

www.true.th

allmylinks.com/uriarecio

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/uriarecio

Medium: @uriarecio

YouTube: @uriarecio

Book: Machines of Tomorrow: From AI Origins to Superintelligence & Posthumanity

What you will learn

• Exploring the evolution of AI from past to present
• Discussing the concept of human-AI interlacing
• Examining advancements in brain-computer interfaces
• Understanding AI’s role in future education systems
• Highlighting the importance of adaptability and critical thinking
• Predicting the long-term impacts of AI on humanity
• Emphasizing the need for an entrepreneurial mindset in an AI-driven world

Episode Resources

• Artificial intelligence (AI)
• Generative AI
• Large language models
• OpenAI
• Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
• Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs)
• Neuralink
• Elon Musk
• Blue Brain Project
• Mind emulation
• GitHub Copilot
• Prompt engineering

Book

Machines of Tomorrow: From AI Origins to Superintelligence & Posthumanity

Transcript

Ross Dawson: It’s wonderful to have you on the show, Pedro.

Pedro Uria Recio: Wonderful. Thank you, Ross. Thank you very much for inviting me. It’s a pleasure to be here with you.

Ross: So you’ve got a book, Machines of Tomorrow, which I think has a pretty vast scope, in terms of humanity and machines and where that might go on a pretty grand scale. But one of the central themes there is how humans and AI will be interlaced. And we’d love to just hear more about where you see that now, and how you see that evolving over the next years. 

Pedro: Wonderful. So in this book, Machines of Tomorrow, what I try to do is I try to explain artificial intelligence, from a hum