The John Batchelor Show

GOOD EVENING: THE SHOW BEGN ON THE ROAD TO INDIANA WITH COLLEAGUE JIM MCTAGUE,,, 1942 LANCASTER CITY, PA CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 LANCASTER COUNTY REPORT: ON THE ROAD TO VALPARAISO, IN. JIM MCTAGUE, FORMER WASHINGTON EDITOR, BARRONS. @MCTAGUEJ. AUTHOR OF THE "MARTIN AND TWYLA BOUNDARY SERIES." #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY 915-930 #PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: LIGHT RAIL FOR 3 MILLION POPULATION. @JCBLISS 930-945 #DOGE:DOWN TO SIZE. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. 945-1000 PRC:TARIFFS ARE LOSS. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #NUKES ARMS RACE: IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, INDIA, PAKISTAN. HENRY SOKOLSKI, NPEC. 1015-1030 PRC: WHEN CHINA ATTACKS AND WHY?. GRANT NEWSHAM, AUTHOR 1030-1045 1/2: #NATURAL LAW: AND GOD, LIBERALISM, PATRIOTISM. SAMUEL GREGG, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. 1045-1100 2/2: #NATURAL LAW: AND GOD, LIBERALISM, PATRIOTISM. SAMUEL GREGG, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 5/8: AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence Hardcover – March 25, 2025 by Gary Rivlin (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Valley-Microsoft-Trillion-Dollar-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/0063347490 Artificial Intelligence has been “just around the corner” for decades, continually disappointing those who long believed in its potential. But now, with the emergence and growing use of ChatGPT, Gemini, and a rapidly multiplying number of other AI tools, many are wondering: Has AI’s moment finally arrived? In AI Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin brings us deep into the world of AI development in Silicon Valley. Over the course of more than a year, Rivlin closely follows founders and venture capitalists trying to capitalize on this AI moment. That includes LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, the legendary investor whom the Wall Street Journal once called, “the most connected person in Silicon Valley.” Through Hoffman, Rivlin is granted access to a number of companies on the cutting-edge of AI research, such as Inflection AI, the company Hoffman cofounded in 2022, and OpenAI, the San Francisco-based startup that sparked it all with its release at the end of that year of ChatGPT. In addition to Hoffman, Rivlin introduces us to other AI experts, including OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman and Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind, an early AI startup that Google bought for $650 million in 2014. Rivlin also brings readers inside Microsoft, Meta, Google and other tech giants scrambling to keep pace. On this vast frontier, no one knows which of these companies will hit it big–or which will flame out spectacularly. In this riveting narrative marbled with familiar names such as Musk, Zuckerberg, and Gates, Rivlin chronicles breakthroughs as they happen, giving us a deep understanding of what’s around the corner in AI development. An adventure story full of drama and unforgettable personalities, AI Valley promises to be the definitive story for anyone seeking to understand the latest phase of world-changing discoveries and the minds behind them. 1115-1130 6M/8: AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence Hardcover – March 25, 2025 by Gary Rivlin (Author) 1130-1145 7/8: AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence Hardcover – March 25, 2025 by Gary Rivlin (Author) 1145-1200 8/8: AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence Hardcover – March 25, 2025 by Gary Rivlin (Author) FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 #RUSSIA: PRICE OF OIL AND THE WAR. MICHAEL BERNSTAM, HOOVER 1215-1230 #ITALY:FIVE KILOMETERS PROCESSION FOR FRANCIS IN ROME. LORENZO FIORI. 1230-1245 PECL DELAYS MOON AND MARS AMBITIONS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM 1245-100 AM MARS: CURIOSITY WHEELS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM

MARS: CURIOSITY WHEELS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM 1908 JULE VERNE

PRC DELAYS MOON AND MARS AMBITIONS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM 1920

#ITALY:FIVE KILOMETERS PROCESSION FOR FRANCIS IN ROME. LORENZO FIORI. 1718 ROME

#RUSSIA: PRICE OF OIL AND THE WAR. MICHAEL BERNSTAM, HOOVER 1926 HUNTINGDON BEACH, CA

7/8: AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence Hardcover – March 25, 2025 by Gary Rivlin (Author) 1953

6M/8: AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence Hardcover – March 25, 2025 by Gary Rivlin (Author) FEBRUARY 1962

5/8: AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence Hardcover – March 25, 2025 by Gary Rivlin (Author) 1956 https://www.amazon.com/Valley-Microsoft-Trillion-Dollar-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/0063347490 Artificial Intelligence has been “just around the corner” for decades, continually disappointing those who long believed in its potential. But now, with the emergence and growing use of ChatGPT, Gemini, and a rapidly multiplying number of other AI tools, many are wondering: Has AI’s moment finally arrived? In AI Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin brings us deep into the world of AI development in Silicon Valley. Over the course of more than a year, Rivlin closely follows founders and venture capitalists trying to capitalize on this AI moment. That includes LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, the legendary investor whom the Wall Street Journal once called, “the most connected person in Silicon Valley.” Through Hoffman, Rivlin is granted access to a number of companies on the cutting-edge of AI research, such as Inflection AI, the company Hoffman cofounded in 2022, and OpenAI, the San Francisco-based startup that sparked it all with its release at the end of that year of ChatGPT. In addition to Hoffman, Rivlin introduces us to other AI experts, including OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman and Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind, an early AI startup that Google bought for $650 million in 2014. Rivlin also brings readers inside Microsoft, Meta, Google and other tech giants scrambling to keep pace. On this vast frontier, no one knows which of these companies will hit it big–or which will flame out spectacularly. In this riveting narrative marbled with familiar names such as Musk, Zuckerberg, and Gates, Rivlin chronicles breakthroughs as they happen, giving us a deep understanding of what’s around the corner in AI development. An adventure story full of drama and unforgettable personalities, AI Valley promises to be the definitive story for anyone seeking to understand the latest phase of world-changing discoveries and the minds behind them.

2/2: #NATURAL LAW: AND GOD, LIBERALISM, PATRIOTISM. SAMUEL GREGG, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. 1900 CANE BASH AT PRINCETON

1/2: #NATURAL LAW: AND GOD, LIBERALISM, PATRIOTISM. SAMUEL GREGG, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. 1850 PRINCETON

PRC: WHEN CHINA ATTACKS -- AND WHY?. GRANT NEWSHAM, AUTHOR 1920 TOKYO

#NUKES ARMS RACE: IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, INDIA, PAKISTAN. HENRY SOKOLSKI, NPEC. 1902 BOMBAY

PRC:TARIFFS ARE LOSS. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. 1910 MANUFACTURE

#DOGE:DOWN TO SIZE. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. 1972: WATERGATE: BANKING COMMITTEE.

#PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: LIGHT RAIL FOR 3 MILLION POPULATION. @JCBLISS 1901 CLARK COUNTY

LANCASTER COUNTY REPORT: ON THE ROAD TO VALPARAISO, IN. JIM MCTAGUE, FORMER WASHINGTON EDITOR, BARRONS. @MCTAGUEJ. AUTHOR OF THE "MARTIN AND TWYLA BOUNDARY SERIES." #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY 1910 BETHANY PARK, INDIANA

Preview: Colleague Michael Bernstam Explains the Extreme Discounting of Russian Oil Sold to the Only Customers, China and India. More. 1900

Preview: Colleague Jeff Bliss Reports on the Plans for Las Vegas to Grow to a 3 Million Population. More 1940 CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA

Preview: Professor Samuel Gregg Explains the Presumed Friction Between New Natural Law Theory and Hume-Derived Liberalism in the Modern Age. More 1920 ST. PETER'S BASILICA

Preview: Author Gary Rivlin, "AI Valley," Reports How Microsoft's Pi Is Taught to Be as Sympathetic as a Therapist. More APRIL 1954