As artificial intelligence redraws the boundaries of what machines can do, a more intriguing question comes into focus: what becomes more valuable when almost everything can be automated?
For Reid Hoffman — co-founder of LinkedIn, investor, and one of Silicon Valley’s most influential thinkers on AI — part of the answer may be found in Japan.
In this conversation, Hoffman reflects on a country where centuries-old craftsmanship exists alongside some of the world’s most advanced technology; where hospitality is shaped as much by intuition as by precision; and where knowledge is often passed from one pair of hands to another.
From the enduring relevance of tradition to the changing meaning of creativity, travel, and human connection, the discussion explores what AI can amplify — and what it may never truly replicate.
Perhaps the future will not make these distinctly human qualities obsolete. Perhaps it will make them rarer, and therefore more precious.
A conversation with Reid Hoffman on AI, Japan, and the things worth carrying into the future.