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Scott Krinz (0:02)
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Jameela Jamil (0:10)
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Scott Krinz (0:40)
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Danny Fortson (0:50)
this episode of the Times Tech Podcast is sponsored by ServiceNow.
Jameela Jamil (0:54)
Danny One thing we keep hearing from business leaders right now is AI sounds great, but how do you actually make it work inside a company?
Danny Fortson (1:03)
Exactly. Because most organizations aren't neat, shiny systems. They're layers of software, legacy tech, and teams, all doing things slightly differently.
Jameela Jamil (1:11)
ServiceNow sits across all that, acting as a control tower for making work move seamlessly through the organization, connecting people, systems,
Danny Fortson (1:19)
data, and, increasingly, AI agents so that things don't happen in silos.
Jameela Jamil (1:24)
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Danny Fortson (1:31)
we got everything? Yeah, we got everything. Okay, we're ready. I'm looking forward to this. My wife and I have packed an overnight bag into the car along with our two young boys, and are headed south from Oakland. We've sped down Highway 101, passing Facebook's Menlo park campus, the Googleplex and Mountain View, and the Apple spaceship in Cupertino, and an unending chain of beige office parks. The highway is whittling down from eight lanes to four to two as we're leaving Silicon Valley behind and driving up a winding road onto the campus of an old Bible college nestled on 75 acres of walking trails and redwood trees. Open my window. Isn't that pretty? That tree is so pretty. Open it. Cole, you need to ask nicely, Please, please hush. Open the window. But we're not here to brush up on scripture. This place now has a different purpose, helping the tech elite tune out. It's called 1440 multiversity, an oasis full of babbling brooks, bearded gurus, and a menu of courses with promising, if confounding names like Building a Movement and the Bridge to Happiness. The campus is the manifestation of a movement that, perhaps not surprisingly, is taking root here at ground zero of the technology revolution. Its leaders are stepping away from their devices and seeking enlightenment. You may find that galling, but it is Also telling. After all, if the architects of the apps that have invaded our lives are that worried about what they're doing to them, what do the masters of our universe know that we don't? If they're insulating themselves, should we? I'm Danny Fordson, west coast correspondent for the Sunday Times, and this is Tales of Silicon Valley, episode seven, the Big Tune Out.
