Musk, Zuckerberg & The Future of AI Dex Hunter-Torricke

Dex Hunter-Torricke has worked with some of the most influential people in Tech over the last 15 years. But now he's sounding the alarm. In this episode of Jobs of the Future, we sit down with a true Silicon Valley insider who has spent the last 15 years at the epicentre of the tech revolution. From serving as the first executive speechwriter for Eric Schmidt at Google to leading communications for Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Elon Musk at SpaceX, our guest has had a front-row seat to the decisions shaping our modern world. Most recently, he served as a senior leader at Google DeepMind, the world’s premier AI lab, during the most pivotal moments in the race toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). 03:36 - His Tech Industry Journey06:30 - Being at The Front Lines of AGI 07:05 -The Reality Check 09:09 - Why AI is So Different to Every Other Technology 11:05 - The AGI Countdown 12:14 - The Death of the "Good Life" 13:41 - The Geopolitics of Sovereignty 14:46 - Future-Proofing Your Career 18:39 - The Economy of Meaning 21:29 - The 60% Job Vulnerability 25:23 - The Brittle Power of Tech Giants 32:15 - Launching the Center for Tomorrow 52:30 - Redefining Success 57:00 - A Philosophy for Interdependence **********

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Musk, Zuckerberg & The Future of AI Dex Hunter-Torricke is an episode from Jimmy's Jobs of the Future by Boxlight Creative Studio.

This episode is 60:45 long.

This episode was published on Feb 17, 2026.

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