Technology and entertainment should be integrated, not run as silos, speaker argues

Companies need to blend disciplines across their organizations, with Steve Jobs at Apple and Sony’s Morita cited as examples. The speaker says Jobs understood the goal as bringing technology together with the liberal arts, calling AI a particularly clear example of that intersection; he is unsure whether Jobs would have liked AI.

The speaker says his school was built to transform industries from inside by improving communication within companies such as Apple and Google, although it also became entrepreneurial. He argues that technology companies are taking over entertainment and that record companies, Spotify and Live Nation should take more responsibility for the industry’s future, including a possible new AI business.

He expects technology and entertainment to become more integrated, though not within his lifetime. He points to what he describes as Intel buying Paramount and says David Elson understands where the two sectors intersect, expressing hope that the combination will produce good results.