I met Shaje Ganny at the Vision Summit in London and followed him up the stairs afterwards to say hello. I wanted to understand how the person who had just spoken about AI had arrived at that view of the world.
This conversation goes back to leaving home at seventeen, studying and working in the US, losing a job and learning to survive. We talk about the empathy that came from those experiences, the imposter syndrome that stayed with him, and why he now puts so much energy into helping people understand AI.
There is plenty here for anyone trying to find a way through the noise. There is also a family dispute involving two competing ChatGPT answers, which feels like a very modern problem.
Watch or listen below. The Struggle Bus is a VSpot Media programme, with Season 4 in partnership with VirtualStock.