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EPISODE · Aug 12, 2026 · 1H 11M

Authors in August: Vasant Dhar & “Thinking With Machines”

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Artificial intelligence may feel suddenly everywhere, but AI pioneer Vasant Dhar has had a front-row seat for more than four decades—teaching AI, building companies around it, and bringing machine learning to Wall Street long before ChatGPT entered the conversation. For the second week of Authors in August, David sits down with Dhar to ask not merely what machines can do, but how humans can think with them. When should we trust AI? When does it sharpen our thinking—and when does it make our brains lazy? If intelligence itself is becoming a commodity, where will tomorrow’s value be created? And in a future where machines become extraordinarily capable, what are humans for?A conversation about AI, investing, trust, judgment, and our increasingly intelligent future. The Damodaran Bot is available for public use at: damodaranbot.com Vasant's monthly newsletter can be found at: vasantdhar.substack.com Host: David GardnerGuest: Vasant DharProducer: Bart Shannon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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