Edge Of AI Podcast · The Edge Of Company, Inc

NFTs, Cultural Preservation & AI: Eric Pulier's Vision for the Future

·1 hr 26 min·5 clips
The episode starts with the guest's path through tech, Web3, and AI. It quickly opens into a conversation about the responsibility that comes with exponential tools and the need to keep humanity in view. The host asks how a global coalition can help shape safer AI. The answer points to the FII Institute and its effort to bring together some of the world's greatest experts around the problem. The discussion treats safety as a shared job rather than a single-regulator fix. That makes the public-private angle feel practical instead of ideological. The guest also argues that the old jobs versus new jobs problem cannot be ignored. There will be a gap, and that gap needs real attention if society wants to minimize suffering and maximize the benefits of the new society being built. One of the clearest moments uses a simple poem example. The same poem lands differently depending on whether listeners believe it came from a bot or from a human with a backstory, pain, joy, and a narrative. The point is not that the words change. The point is that human context changes the experience. From there, the conversation comes back to humanism as a principle, not a slogan. The guest says the next generation of society should be built with that premise in mind. The episode then returns to execution. It asks who should do the work, how industries should be involved, and why the answer cannot live entirely in either government or the private sector. The show stays grounded by pressing for nuance. It does not treat regulation as a simple yes-or-no question. Instead, it makes the case for coalitions, sequencing, and careful implementation.

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A policy-minded AI conversation that stays grounded in work, context, and what gets protected.

The episode looks at how AI gets built responsibly when governments, companies, and experts each have to carry part of the load. It follows the FII Institute's coalition model, the tension between fast regulation and workable policy, and the harder question underneath all of…

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Hear one guest connect AI governance, humanism, and the jobs gap without the usual jargon.

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