We believe that humanity is at an inflection point and AI will commoditise intelligence. How do we build businesses that will thrive in this age of AI?
Join Peng and Wei Qing, investors and founders who have built, exited and invested in multi-billion dollar businesses across the US, China and Southeast Asia, as they explore these topics and more.
Follow us on X and Linkedin @emsingularity or check out www.embracingsingularity.com to find out more
Dr. Christopher Nguyen discusses with Peng T. Ong how his past experiences shaped his views on AI, emphasizing the need for fault-tolerant, agent-driven AI systems that address real-world challenges in this interview.
9 Sept 2025
Ep 11: Are Employment Contracts Officially Over?
Host Peng T. Ong interviews Suresh V Shankar, founder of Crayon Data, about how AI's increasing availability may render employment contracts obsolete and reshape business models.
28 Aug 2025
Ep 10: Is Human-Centred AI Even Possible?
Host Wei Qing Jen interviews Stanford Professor James Landay about whether human-centered AI is truly possible and its global implications.
26 Aug 2025
Ep 9: Will Sam Altman Own the Future?
Host Peng T. Ong interviews global strategic consultant Mike Halsall about AI's impact on labor and society, exploring potential futures and self-preservation.
11 Jun 2025
Episode 8: Can AI educate a billion people?
Media psychology professor Robby Ratan discusses with Wei Qing Jen and Peng T. Ong how AI could revolutionize education by creating personalized learning experiences and potentially making traditional schools optional in this interview.
30 May 2025
Ep 7: What happens when EVERYTHING is free?
Venture capitalist Albert Wenger explores the potential impacts of zero marginal cost and universal computation on the future of work and society in an interview with Peng T. Ong.
23 Apr 2025
Episode 6: AI's Energy Crisis
How can we build smarter AI without burning the planet? In this episode, we dive into the energy crisis at the heart of today’s AI with Subutai Ahmad, CTO of Numenta.
While current AI models guzzle power like data-hungry beasts, the human brain runs on just 20 watts—about the energy of a light bulb. Why are we still using outdated 1950s neuron models when neuroscience has uncovered so much more?
Subutai makes the case for breaking free from brute-force GPUs, embracing brain-inspired designs, and rethinking both our algorithms and hardware from the ground up. Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation on how biology might hold the key to unlocking radically efficient, trustworthy AI for everyone.
17 Apr 2025
Episode 5: Can you Trust AI?
In this episode, Peng and Wei Qing explore the idea that (a) in the age of AI, proprietary relationships can be scalable, (b) businesses should rethink how they're built given that they can build proprietary relationships at almost zero cost, (c) trust with the customer may become the only moat that businesses will have, and (d) hence how this may become good for humanity. Please join them as they explore this thought provoking conversation!
3 Apr 2025
Episode 4: From Drycleaning to "The Godmother of AI”
We had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Fei-Fei Li to Singapore last week - and what better way to celebrate than to invite her on a bus with 40 Stanford alums! In this unique and intimate podcast, Fei Fei shares with us her personal journey (from supporting her family to finding her North Star), her vision of human-centered AI, and her recent entrepreneurial turn as the co-founder of World Labs, a spatial intelligence AI company. We also ask what she thinks about Embracing Singularity. Please tune in to partake in this exclusive journey.
19 Mar 2025
Episode 3: How AI will Transform Business
In Episode 3, Prashanth Prakash, founding partner of Accel India (one of India's leading venture capital funds) joins Peng to discuss the impact of AI on business. Join two well known investors (who are also founders and old friends) as they --
Examine how AI will likely commoditize various sectors, including outsourcing, while also creating new opportunities.
Touch upon the potential of AI in education and healthcare to democratize access and improve outcomes.
Consider the skills future generations will need in an AI-driven world, emphasizing the enduring importance of leadership and human connection.
Ponder the future of innovation, entrepreneurship, and the transformative power of AI across industries.
14 Mar 2025
Episode 2: How AI Will Commoditize Intelligence
In this episode of Embracing Singularity, Wei Qing and Peng discuss the rapidly evolving landscape of AI and its implications. They explore the commoditization of intelligence, the accelerating shift from "AI doing efficiency" to "AI doing AI," and the impending economic and technological singularities.
With a mix of deep insight and candid conversation, they discuss how AI is reshaping industries, redefining labor, and challenging our fundamental understanding of value, creativity, and purpose. As entrepreneurs and investors, they also ponder what it takes to build defensible businesses in a world where intelligence itself is becoming a utility.
Here’s what we talked about:
Intelligence becoming a commodity.
AI shifting from efficiency to self-improvement.
AI acceleration outpacing human understanding.
Automation reshaping labor and economic value.
Traditional capitalism may struggle to adapt.
AI-driven automation transforming industries.
Robotics will redefine work, public spaces, and homes.
AI challenges our notions of creativity and genius.
The rise of AI forces deep existential questions.
Entrepreneurs must rethink defensibility in an AI world.
25 Feb 2025
Episode 1 (Intro): Why Embracing Singularity?
We believe that humanity is at an inflection point and AI will commoditise intelligence. How do we build businesses that will thrive in this age of AI? In Episode 1, Peng and Wei Qing, share more about their backgrounds as investors and entrepreneurs in the US, China and SEA, and explain why they are starting this podcast.
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Dr Christopher Nguyen
Suresh V Shankar
James Landay
Mike Halsall
Robby Ratan
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