Join us for this public event with Reid Hoffman — Co-Founder of LinkedIn, Inflection AI, and Manas AI, and Partner at Greylock — where he will discuss his new book, Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future.
"Superagency offers a roadmap for using AI inclusively and adaptively to improve our lives and create positive change. While acknowledging challenges such as disinformation and potential job disruption, the book focuses on AI’s immense potential to enhance individual agency and generate better outcomes for society as a whole.
Imagine AI tutors personalising education for each child, researchers rapidly discovering cures for diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer, and AI advisors empowering people to navigate complex systems and achieve their goals. Hoffman and co-author, tech and culture writer Greg Beato, envision a world where these possibilities – and many more – become reality.
Superagency challenges conventional fears, inviting us to view the future through a lens of opportunity rather than apprehension. It’s a call to action – to embrace AI with excitement and actively shape a world where human ingenuity and the power of AI combine to create something extraordinary."
Meet our speaker and chair
Reid Hoffman () is an accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and investor who has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses. In 2003, he co-founded LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking service, and in 2009, he joined Greylock as a partner. In 2022, Hoffman co-founded Inflection AI, an AI studio that created Pi. In 2025, he co-founded Manas AI, a company that leverages proprietary AI and best-in-class biology to cure cancer.
Andrés Velasco () is Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Policy at ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ. In 2017-19 he was a member of the G20 Eminent Persons Group. During 2015-16 he co-chaired the Global Panel on the Future of the Multilateral Lending Institutions. In 2013-16 he was a member of the Global Oceans Commission.
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The ½ûÂþÌìÌà School of Public Policy () equips you with the skills and ideas to transform people and societies. It is an international community where ideas and practice meet. Their approach creates professionals with the ability to analyse, understand and resolve the challenges of contemporary governance.
The Data Science Institute () is an interdisciplinary institute established to foster the study of data science and new forms of data with a focus on their social, economic and political aspects.
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