AI: Nothing to 'Lose Sleep Over'?

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The prime minister has outlined the potential risks of artificial intelligence, arguing we must not “put our heads in the sand”. His comments come ahead of a two-day AI safety summit at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire next week. Professors Hannah Fry and Gina Neff join us in the studio to discuss the event as well as the risks and opportunities presented by AI. And, Bastille singer Dan Smith takes a seat next to Planet Earth III director Kiri Cashell for a conversation about how they made the music and television for the latest iteration of Sir David Attenborough’s iconic documentary series. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming and Alex Forsyth. It was made by George Dabby with Gemma Roper and Miranda Slade. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:04.8	Hello, we're gonna be talking about artificial intelligence
0:07.3	in this episode in newscast,
0:08.5	and I'm gonna be talking about it with Alex Forsyth.
0:10.9	Hello.
0:11.8	Hello, how are you?
0:12.6	What, what, you're what would make me even better?
0:14.5	You tell me which AI tool would make your job or life easier.
0:18.6	Ooh.
0:20.2	God, okay, suppose for the job, I would like an AI tool
0:23.8	which texted every MP in the House of Commons
0:26.6	the same question when I was trying to find something out.
0:29.3	I knew you were gonna say,
0:30.1	because I was thinking the same thing,
0:31.7	because we spend so much of our lives
0:33.2	fully having a, how are you gonna vote?
0:34.3	What do you think about this?
0:35.3	Have you sent an AI tool that talks up
0:38.7	how many letters of no confidence have been sent
0:40.9	to the German in the 1922 committee
0:43.1	to get rid of the Prime Minister?
0:44.4	That's great.
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