Episode · a16z Podcast · 2025-10-20

Books mentioned on Reid Hoffman on AI, Consciousness, and the Future of Humanity

1 book · With Reid Hoffman, Alex Rampell · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Reid Hoffman has been at the center of every major tech shift, from co-founding LinkedIn and helping build PayPal to investing early in OpenAI. In this conversation, he looks ahead to the next transformation: how artificial intelligence will reshape work, science, and what it means to be human.

Reid Hoffman discussed The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The Emperor's New Mind

   Roger Penrose · at 32:43

   Roger Penrose's influential work explores the intersections of physics, consciousness, and the philosophy of mind, famously challenging the notion that human brains operate merely like computers.

   Discussed

   “Now, um now consciousness is an interesting question because you got some very smart people, Roger Penrose, um who I actually interviewed way back when on Emperor's New Mind, speaking of mathematicians.”

   Reid Hoffman Reid Hoffman on AI, Consciousness, and the Future of Humanity 2025-10-20 Listen at 32:43

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