HashiCorp co-founder warns of AI risk, social media dystopia

How many hours did you spend on social media today? Have you sent an AI note-taker to a meeting instead of attending? According to Armon Dadgar, co-founder and CTO of HashiCorp, the answers to these questions and how people approach technology -- especially social media and AI -- will determine whether we face dystopia or a healthy society. In this candid conversation, Dadgar shares his concerns about the risks of AI, including overreliance on convenience and the importance of having clear intentions with technical tools rather than following the latest buzzwords.

Featuring: Armon Dadgar, co-founder and CTO, HashiCorp

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

• The "Wall-E economy": Is social media the new cigarettes?
• The pitfalls of "frictionless addiction" in business
• Similarities between cloud and AI adoption trends
• Dadgar's best-case scenario for the future of tech

And more!

References:

• Nvidia adopts OpenBao, open source fork of HashiCorp's Vault
• IBM Bob AI coding agent ships, HashiCorp AIOps previewed
• IBM Apptio deepens FinOps ties with HashiCorp Terraform

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