When Google released Gemini, a new chatbot powered by artificial intelligence, it quickly faced a backlash — and unleashed a fierce debate about whether A.I. should be guided by social values, and if so, whose values they should be.
Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The Times and co-host of the podcast “Hard Fork,” explains.
Guest: Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times and co-host of the podcast “Hard Fork.”
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