AI is going to influence everything.

It's probably the biggest event in human history since the Industrial Revolution.

I'm really much more concerned about how automation will impact society at large.

Do you feel good about where we're heading with AI?

Maybe we need to invent a new word here, which kind of is a combination of frightened and excited.

I'm frustrated.

Excited. Welcome to Part 2 of our exploration into the world of AI.

In Part 1, we learned that AI presents nearly unlimited possibilities for scientific progress.

And that it also, theoretically, presents unlimited dangers.

Regardless of which you believe, the fact stands that the technology is evolving really quickly.

All of this sets up a classic situation in which regulation will play an essential role.

Every country will have to decide for itself how much to limit the potential harms of AI,

even if those regulations could also slow down its development among fierce international competition.

And the nature of the world we live in 10 or 20 years from now

could hang in the balance.

What path will the most powerful governments choose?

I'm Gabriel Sierra, and this is why it matters. Today how the world might regulate AI

before it begins regulating us. Can you know,

give us just a quick lay of the land about AI regulation?

You know, what exists currently? So at this point in terms of actual law that is specific to AI,

I think the answer is either nothing or close to nothing.

Back from part one of this two-part episode is Janet Haven.

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