A search for the right balance in building out AI
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🗓️ 15 May 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Google is bringing artificial intelligence to … like, everything. Last week, the company announced updates to its Bard chatbot and integrations into search, productivity tools, health care services and more. But plenty of people are calling for more caution with this technology, from the thousands of tech and science experts who signed an open letter calling for a pause in AI development to renowned former Google employee Geoffrey Hinton, a computer scientist whom many consider the “godfather” of AI. Hinton recently left the company. Though he said Google “has acted very responsibly” when it comes to AI, he sought the freedom to “talk about the dangers of AI without considering how this impacts Google.” Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino asked James Manyika, Google’s senior VP of technology and society, about how the company is balancing concerns about the risk AI poses with its plans for developing the technology.
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| 0:15.9 | Listen to Skin in the Game and more from the Marketplace Morning report wherever you get your |
| 0:20.7 | podcasts. Looks like Google has gained some ground in the AI race. But what's waiting for us at |
| 0:29.4 | the finish line? From American public media, this is Marketplace Tech. I'm Megan McCarty-Korino. |
| 0:44.3 | Google is bringing artificial intelligence to like everything. Last week, the company announced |
| 0:51.3 | updates to its barred chatbot, integrations into search, productivity tools, healthcare services, |
| 0:58.4 | and more. But there are plenty of people calling for more caution with this technology. |
| 1:05.0 | From thousands of tech and science experts who signed an open letter calling for a pause in AI |
| 1:11.2 | development to a former Googler, Jeffrey Hinton, considered to be the godfather of AI who recently |
| 1:18.7 | left the company. Though he said Google has acted very responsibly, he wanted to have the freedom to |
| 1:25.0 | quote, talk about the dangers of AI without considering how this impacts Google. |
| 1:30.7 | I asked James Manieca, Google's senior VP of Technology and Society, about how the company is |
| 1:37.4 | balancing these concerns. Think about all the benefits to people. Today, never mind in the future. |
| 1:44.5 | So for example, we do, we now provide flood alerts to 20 countries covering 350 million people. |
| 1:52.4 | That's a lot of people benefiting from the capabilities. Think about the groundbreaking progress |
| 1:57.5 | we've done in the life sciences with alpha folds. That's going to benefit drug discovery therapy. |
| 2:03.0 | So I think the benefit side is so incredibly compelling. At the same time, we do have to take |
| 2:10.4 | responsibility pretty seriously. And so we're investing an enormous amount and timely responsible |
| 2:16.6 | and trying to move when we think these capabilities are ready. I understand the sentiment and |
| 2:22.8 | concerns that were indicated by people asking for the pause. I shared many of those concerns, |
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