Possible

Alexis Ohanian on the future of online and offline communities


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How do we build products and platforms that support a healthy, prosperous future? What will it take to “make the internet fun again?” Should kids be using AI? This week, serial entrepreneur and investor Alexis Ohanian—who co-founded Reddit two decades ago and is currently working to reinvent the social news aggregator Digg—joins Reid and Aria to talk about (re)building online and offline communities in the age of AI. They hear from Alexis on his recent bid for U.S. TikTok, the startups and women’s sports ventures he’s backing through his VC firm Seven Seven Six, and his approach to raising AI-forward daughters with his wife, tennis legend Serena Williams. 


For more info on the podcast and transcripts of all the episodes, visit https://www.possible.fm/podcast/ 


Topics:

03:03 - Hellos and intros

03:24 - Being a “Daddy Caddy” for Olympia

04:36 - Inspiration behind 776

08:26 - Making the internet “fun” again

12:25 - Internet culture vs. the platform

17:49 - Bid for Tiktok

21:47 - AI and online communities

27:01 - AI in women’s sports

30:16 - Hardware vs. software

31:46 - Midroll

32:00 - Kids, parenting, and learning in the age of AI

34:55 - Physical products in a digital world

40:46 - Tech optimism 

41:56 - Alexis’s collectibles

44:29 - Rapid-fire questions


Select mentions:

Seven Seven Six

Teenage Engineering

Art For Kids Hub

Synthesis Tutor

Monumental Labs

Mantel

Unreasonable Hospitality


Possible is an award-winning podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there. Most of all, it asks: what if, in the future, everything breaks humanity's way? Tune in for grounded and speculative takes on how technology—and, in particular, AI—is inspiring change and transforming the future. Hosted by Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger, each episode features an interview with an ambitious builder or deep thinker on a topic, from art to geopolitics and from healthcare to education. These conversations also showcase another kind of guest: AI. Each episode seeks to enhance and advance our discussion about what humanity could possibly get right if we leverage technology—and our collective effort—effectively.

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