Dr. Alex Young
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March 2, 2024
A.I. Meets Virtual Reality

Dr. Alex Young, a doctor and entrepreneur, dives into the realms of A.I. and Virtual Reality, and its remarkable ability to enhance soft skills (like empathy) and augment human performance at mind blowing speeds. Dr. Young gives us a peek into how these game-changing technologies are shaping the world of Human Performance beyond the imaginable.

The Guest

Founder and CEO of Virti: Virti fuses virtual and augmented reality integrated with A.I.to train leadership teams in personal development, effective communication and safety during high-pressure situations. Dr. Alex Young's immersive gamification-based learning platform is trusted by billion-dollar giants like Amazon to improve its onboarding for new hire managers by 92%. 

Mentoring the Next Era of Doctors: Armed with an Education Degree and a Master's in Surgery from the internationally renowned University of Bristol, Dr. Young began shaping his career through collabs with specialized medical teams and his role as a mentor to future doctors as an esteemed Trauma and Orthopedic Surgeon.

‍Host of ‘The Human Performance Podcast’: Recognized by Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Fast Company for his breakthroughs in health and ed-tech, Dr. Young engages weekly with influential guests from around the globe in leadership, training, and technology fields to reveal the latest trends for maximizing learning, self-awareness and human performance.

The Interview
  • How Alex is using AI to Transform Education: Discover Dr. Alex Young’s forward-thinking approach for changing education with scalable reality-based training powered by artificial intelligence.
  • Immersive Experiences Help You Learn Faster: Conceived from necessity, the birth of Verti was born using hyper-realistic experiences to enhance learning. 
  • Current AI Still Needs a Human Touch: Why you still need expertise and skill to use AI effectively. 
  • Why Learning “How To Learn” Will Save Your Future Job: Dr. Young discusses the importance of acquiring the skill of becoming a lifelong learner of “learning” to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of AI. 
  • Facts and Fallacies About AI: Gain a precise overview of how AI is being trained, what it actually does, and why it’s not yet like a genuinely freethinking person, and the importance of embracing the emerging change with artificial intelligence for new opportunities instead of fearing it.
  • Why AI Matters In Business Now: Dr. Young shares how AI has streamlined his personal data analysis and marketing efforts, shortened the onboarding time for his company, and how to avoid getting disrupted by AI and use it to your advantage. 
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The Show Notes

0:47 | How Dr. Alex Young became both a doctor and entrepreneur 

3:08 | Immersive Experiences Help You Learn Faster

5:58 | Facts and Fallacies About AI

10:01 | How the results are really dependent on the inputs

11:23 | How to become a prompt engineer 

13:05 |The next technological opportunity for gifted writers 

14:51 | Prompting hacks 

16:40 | The most important soft skill for success

18:56 | How Alex uses Zoom to learn and practice soft skills with sales teams

22:40 | The power of scalability in AI

23:38 | The evolution of VR and how it can be used for immersive training

28:37 | How scared should we be of AI? This is how to make the most of this change. 

32:14 | What Alex has been using AI for 

34:15 | How Alex has shortened onboarding time with AI

36:32 | What to do to avoid getting disrupted by AI and use it to your advantage 

38:48 | Alex’s favorite book, The E-Myth 

The Links
Website: 
https://alexanderfyoung.com/
Linked In: 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-f-young/
Spotify: 
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/metamindai/episodes/A-I--Meets-Virtual-Reality--Dr--Alex-Young-e2crvuo
Apple Podcasts: 

"If you can understand how A.I. can help you, how it can help your company, suddenly your own value as an employee will go through the roof." - Dr. Alex Young

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