The World as You’ll Know It: The Great Rebuild

The Race to Control AI

Aug 29, 2023

Speakers discuss the impact of AI on employment, job retraining, and concerns about AI causing harm. They explore regulating AI and the importance of international coordination. They delve into deliberate choices on social media and the experiences of speakers from marginalized communities. They examine the Tuskegee syphilis experiment and its impact on establishing bioethics. They discuss discrimination in employment decisions due to the alignment problem in computer science. They highlight potential conflicts, deaths, chaos, and the importance of making the right choices for the future of AI.

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Establishing national and international standards for AI is crucial to ensure a safe and responsible AI-driven future.

The alignment problem in AI underscores the importance of accountability, transparency, and ensuring AI systems align with human values.

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The Need for Regulation and Ethics in AI

The podcast explores the need for regulation and ethics in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). It highlights the concerns raised by Senator Josh Hawley and emphasizes the importance of addressing potential risks and unintended consequences. It mentions the creation of guidelines for governments, companies, and individuals to use AI in a safe and responsible manner.

Introduction

5min

Deliberate Choices, Personal Backgrounds, and the Challenges of Technology and Inequality

2min

Examining Historical Cases of Getting it Wrong in Medical Research and the Importance of Bioethics in AI

4min

The Alignment Problem in Computer Science: Discrimination in Employment Decisions

16min

The Future of AI and the Importance of Making the Right Choices

3min

In our final episode, Host Gary Marcus shares his hopes for and fears about an AI-driven future. On the one hand, AI could accelerate solutions to some of society’s most difficult problems; on the other, it could deepen existing problems and create new existential risks to humanity. Getting it right, Marcus emphasizes, depends on establishing both national and international standards for the industry as soon as possible. He is joined by Dr. Alondra Nelson, who led the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in 2021, and Brian Christian an AI researcher and the author of The Alignment Problem; Machine Learning and Human Values.

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