Inside the making of Reid Hoffman's AI clone | Masters of Scale

In conversation with Masters of Scale host Jeff Berman, @reidhoffman (co-founder of LinkedIn) shares the details of two projects that involve cloning his identity using AI. After discussing how he created an AI version of himself, which he’s referring to as “REID AI,” for a Q&A that he posted on his YouTube channel, Reid then dives into the process of cloning his voice for Masters of Scale. Along with pondering the positive possibilities of these technologies, Reid and Jeff also examine the potential consequences and what the audience has a right to know.

Find the full Masters of Scale episode on our YouTube channel to hear more about how and why we cloned Reid’s voice.

Chapter:
00:00 Why Reid Hoffman created his AI twin
02:40 The technical process of creating his AI twin
05:49 Creating AI models of historical people
06:52 Examining the reaction to Reid’s AI twin
09:41 Responding to the potential consequences of this technology
13:17 The benefits of creating AI models of Reid
16:02 Why we cloned Reid’s voice for Masters of Scale
17:45 Working with Respeecher’s speech-to-speech technology
20:41 What does the audience have a right to know?
23:48 Future explorations of Reid AI