Artificial Intelligence: Its Promise... And Peril: A GPS Special
Sep 3, 2023
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and 'godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton discuss the extreme power and potential risks of artificial intelligence. Award-winning director James Cameron explores how AI can transform filmmaking. Artist Refik Anadol uses AI to create mesmerizing art. The podcast explores the benefits, drawbacks, and concerns surrounding AI, including the need for constraints and a kill switch.
AI models need strong ethics and international cooperation to prevent misuse and ensure safety.
AI can enhance the film industry, but human control is crucial to prevent manipulation and abuse of visual media.
Deep dives
The Future of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to recursively self-improve and learn something new, acting independently within the next four to five years. However, there are concerns about wrong objective functions leading to unintended consequences. To mitigate risks, some propose building a constitution for AI to ensure ethical behavior. Companies are also exploring limiting the knowledge or behavior of AI models to keep them within human boundaries. The development of AI applications is expected to bring benefits such as improved healthcare and education, but careful regulation is necessary to manage the potential risks.
Eric Schmidt's Concerns about AI
Eric Schmidt, former CEO and Chair of Google, expresses concerns about the powerful AI models being regulated. However, he is worried about the diffusion of these models to open source platforms, where their capabilities could be misused. He highlights the potential danger of a pathogen being built by an AI in the wrong hands, causing harm to humanity. Schmidt suggests that strong ethics should be instilled in AI to prevent misuse, and emphasizes the need for international cooperation to ensure safety and control over AI advancements.
James Cameron's Perspective on AI
Film director James Cameron discusses the potential of AI in the film industry. He acknowledges the advancements in AI tools that assist in creating realistic CGI characters and enhancing workflows. However, he expresses concern over the erosion of trust in visual media due to technologies like deep fakes and chatbots. Cameron cautions against becoming too reliant on integrated AI systems, emphasizing the importance of maintaining human control to prevent manipulation and abuse.
AI in Art: Unsupervised by Rafik Anadol
Turkish-born artist Rafik Anadol presents an AI art installation called Unsupervised at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Using an AI model trained on MoMA's art collection, the installation generates ever-evolving and unique dream-like images. Anadol aims to create a language of humanity through this collaboration between art and AI. The project challenges traditional art categorizations and explores the serendipity and inspiration that arise from the fusion of human creativity and AI capabilities.
This week on the program, a GPS special: "Artificial Intelligence: Its Promise... And Peril." Fareed explores the exciting but frightening new world of artificial intelligence in technology, science, art and more. First, he speaks with Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, about the extreme power of AI and how this technology could rapidly advance in the coming years. Then, he sits down with the man known as the "godfather of AI," Geoffrey Hinton, about the worst-case scenario of AI run amok: the extinction of the human race. Next, Fareed explores the potential beauty in AI with award-winning director James Cameron; they discuss how this technology can transform the process of filmmaking and more. Plus, Fareed speaks with Refik Anadol, the artist behind the AI artwork installation "Unsupervised" at MoMA, and Michelle Kuo, MoMA's Curator of Painting and Sculpture, about how Anadol used AI to create mesmerizing, ever-evolving art.
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