Welcome to an exciting episode of the Built Right podcast where we are talking to Alexander De Ridder, who is an entrepreneur, technologist, and visionary, focused on leveraging AI to transform businesses. Alexander is also the Co-Founder and CTO of SmythOS.

In this episode, Alexander gives us an overview of his fascinating career journey, which has led to where he is today, segueing into an in-depth look at the concept of AI orchestration and the future of AI agents. Alexander explains where he sees AI going in the future and challenges the conventional view of the web as merely a collection of information, presenting it instead as an evolving organism.

The conversation also covers the importance of orchestrating the web, the concept of SmythOS, which aims to create networks of collaborative orchestrating agents, his predictions around the transition to AI agents, and how employees can adapt to this rapidly changing landscape. Plus, much more.

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Key moments:

High-level background of Alexander De Ridder
Where he believes AI is going in the future
The web as artificial general intelligence (AGI)
How the biggest economic gains don’t always come from the advanced AI models
Why he believes orchestrating the web is so important
The concept of SmythOS
The importance of AI in orchestrating workflows
Alexander's predictions about the transition to AI agents
How employees can adapt to the rapidly changing landscape

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