The US Defense Department would like to make robot soldiers, and they are going to be pretty scary. Jeff is increasingly concerned about how this technology will be used on the battlefield. What he talks about is potentially this technology lowering the bar to entry from war. The military industrial complex would just love robot soldiers.
As the world begins to experiment with the power of artificial intelligence, a debate has begun about how to contain its risks. One of the sharpest and most urgent warnings has come from a man who helped invent the technology.
Cade Metz, a technology correspondent for The New York Times, speaks to Geoffrey Hinton, who many consider to be the godfather of A.I.
Guest: Cade Metz, a technology correspondent for The New York Times.
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