#1554 Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Civilization

Listening to America

History, Politics, Unitedstates, Society & Culture, American

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🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week, Clay Jenkinson talks with David Horton of Radford University in Virginia about the artificial intelligence revolution. Where are we with AI and where are we headed? What is the future of privacy? Is it possible to regulate AI? Will the machines terminate us as a slovenly, irrational, and wasteful species? Will we live forever or at least another hundred years? What will universities do now that ChatGPT is rocking education? Meanwhile, Clay asks ChatGPT to write an essay condemning Jefferson for slavery and another defending him.

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0:00.0	This week, I'm listening to America with Clay Jenkinson, my conversation with my friend
0:06.1	David Horton of Radford University in Radford, Virginia about artificial intelligence.
0:11.6	He's an expert on this subject, and we talk about the future of entertainment, the future
0:15.9	of politics, the future of media, the future of finance, the future of health care, the
0:21.4	future of agriculture, the future of war, and the future of higher education.
0:26.6	Chat GPT is rocking the academy, and I show that I was able to get Chat GPT to write
0:32.8	two essays on Thomas Jefferson one, exonerating him for the problem of race and slavery, and
0:38.1	the other one condemning him, and both of them were highly confident and comprehensive.
0:42.7	We also talk about Shakespeare's Hamlet.
0:45.2	Can AI explain to us finally why Hamlet delayed?
0:49.6	All of that, and much more, on this week's Listening to America.
0:56.6	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson.
1:11.0	I have the great pleasure today.
1:12.8	We're talking with my friend from Virginia, David Horton, who is a futurist among other
1:17.4	things, and an administrator at Radford University in Radford, Virginia.
1:22.2	Radford University has a student population of about 5,000.
1:26.0	It was founded in 1910, and David, I have been to Radford a number of times, not so long
1:30.9	ago, and you've hosted what was then the Thomas Jefferson hour.
1:34.7	Absolutely, my friend.
1:35.7	It is always a pleasure to get to see you and talk with you whether it is virtually or
1:39.9	in person, and it is always enlightening.
1:42.6	A number of years ago, when we first met, we were talking about robotics and the coming
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