Gary Rivlin

American journalist and authorWikipedia

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MENTIONS

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EPISODES

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PODCASTS

Sep 10, 2026

9/10 Walz free lunch program is 46% over budget

Sep 10 · 1 Mention

Kenny OlsonPANELIST

79:36

That's how it's going to kill us.

Joe SoucherayHOST

79:39

I worry about AI having no common sense, said Gary Rivlin, author of AI Valley.

Joe SoucherayHOST

79:46

Then it somehow stupidly drains off all the water because it doesn't understand what a human would understand.

Joe SoucherayHOST

79:52

These things know everything and they understand nothing.

The John Batchelor Show

The John Batchelor Show

S8 Ep1290: Gary Rivlin — Multi-Part, Part One: Gary Rivlin, author of AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence, explores the origins and personalities driving the modern artificial intelligence revolution. Rivl

Aug 17 · 23 Mentions

John BatchelorHOST

0:32

I'm John Batchelor.

John BatchelorHOST

0:33

I welcome Gary Rivlin, the journalist and our guide to the AI Valley, Artificial Intelligence Valley, once Silicon Valley, now Aeon Valley.

John BatchelorHOST

0:45

Microsoft, Google, the big guys, and the trillion-dollar PACE program.

John BatchelorHOST

0:52

race to cash in on artificial intelligence.

John BatchelorHOST

0:55

This is AI, and Gary does us the favor of demythologizing it by concentrating on the personalities.

John BatchelorHOST

1:02

Always the same.

John BatchelorHOST

1:04

no matter the invention or wealth, always the same, and the origins of AI, which are in the 20th century, but really everything that's important that we're hearing about now has happened within years.

John BatchelorHOST

1:19

Gary, congratulations.

The John Batchelor Show

The John Batchelor Show

S8 Ep1291: Gary Rivlin — Multi-Part, Part Two: Gary Rivlin turns to the clash of ideologies and corporate power plays defining the current AI era. Rivlin details the divide between accelerationists, who believe AI progress should not be hindered by regulation, and d

Aug 17 · 8 Mentions

John BatchelorHOST

0:17

I'm John Batchelor.

John BatchelorHOST

0:18

Continuing with Gary Rivlin, AI Valley is the new book.

John BatchelorHOST

0:23

Microsoft, Google, and the trillion-dollar race to cash in on artificial intelligence.

John BatchelorHOST

0:28

We can add Meta.

10 MINS LATER

Gary RivlinGUEST

10:36

And so those are the kinds of things I wish we were debating rather than laser-eyed robots taking over.

Gary RivlinGUEST

10:41

There's the stuff within line of sight that we could see being a danger to humanity in the hands of Tehran, Moscow, wherever.

John BatchelorHOST

10:49

Gary Rivlin is the author, AI Valley, Microsoft, Google, and the trillion-dollar race to cash in on artificial intelligence.

John BatchelorHOST

10:57

Another significant theme in Gary's book is bigness when we come back.