Sarah Brin worries about economic growth being prioritized over labor rights. Ryan Carrier fears the concentration of power among a few. Roger Spitz highlights the rapid tech progress outpacing our awareness. Richard Bazer Yates discusses the lack of emotional intelligence in AI. Nadia Piet warns about AI-driven narratives. Mark Coeckelbergh fears totalitarian uses of AI, while Mark Steen focuses on the climate crisis. Wendell Wallach is concerned about poor decisions by a few and AI's cognitive misattributions. Alex Schwarzman points to copyright issues in generative AI. Lastly, Dr. Marie Oldfield sees AI as a challenge with potential benefits, advocating for its ethical and political management.
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Reid Blackman describes AI as software learning by example, Madhulika emphasizes pattern prediction, Sarah Brin discusses various intelligences, and Roger Spitz highlights AI’s role in human-like functions. Ryan Carrier touches on the complexity of defining AI, Ricardo Baeza-Yates sees AI as mimicking the human brain, and Mark Coeckelbergh explores AI narratives. Harriet Pellereau notes AI's lack of emotions, Josh Geller critiques striving for human-like AI, Dr. Marie Oldfield argues AI doesn’t truly exist, Marc Steen considers AI as tools, Guy Gadney finds the term overly broad, and Mitchell Ondili defines AI as a family of technologies. This question underscores AI's multifaceted and evolving definition.
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Shout out to some other great podcasts I've been listening to recently:
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Thanks again to our interviewees:
- Jess Smith
- Rishal Hurbans
- Jacob Turner
- Cennydd Bowles
- Joanna J Bryson
- Damien Williams
- Olivia Gamelin
- David Gunkel
- Bertram Malle
- David Yakobovitch
- Luciano Floridi
- Lydia Nicholas.
In this episode I also put a shout out to AI related podcasts:
As well as episodes I (Ben Byford), have appeared.
