Knowledge@Wharton February 4, 2025
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman recently spoke at Wharton about the four ways people relate to AI, and why everyone will need to participate in our AI-powered future.
Artificial intelligence draws out four kinds of people, said tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman. He calls them doomers, gloomers, zoomers, and bloomers.
Doomers think AI is an existential threat that should be stopped. Gloomers believe it’s an inevitable march toward job loss and human displacement. Zoomers are excited and want to hit the gas pedal, full speed ahead. And bloomers are cautiously optimistic, driving forward while tapping the brakes.
Hoffman puts himself in the bloomer category, which seems at odds with his work co-founding companies such as LinkedIn and Inflection AI....
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