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Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Vox's Kelsey Piper joins Matt to talk about the future of artificial intelligence and AI research. Should AI research be more heavily regulated, or banned? What kind of future will the continued development of AI bring us? Will AI turn out to be more like Skynet, or... like Philip Morris? Resources: "The case for taking AI seriously as a threat to humanity" by Kelsey Piper, Vox/Future Perfect (Updated Oct. 15, 2020) Guest: Kelsey Piper (@KelseyTuoc), Staff Writer, Vox Host: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com Credits: Erikk Geannikis, Editor and Producer As the Biden administration gears up, we'll help you understand this unprecedented burst of policymaking. Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weeds-newsletter. The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production. Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:53.5	So my guest this week is Kelsey Piper. She is actually a box writer, part of the future.
0:57.7	Perfect team. I've been getting more interested in the kind of stuff that Kelsey covers in
1:02.2	the world of rationalism, effective altruism, these kind of things where people try to really
1:06.9	think through rigorously what are the most important problems in the world and why do
1:10.9	they matter. But one I have always been stuck on is the level of interest in this community
1:16.2	in artificial intelligence and it's possible threats to humanity. So Kelsey and I have been
1:21.0	talking for a long time about how we should sit down and talk this through. We finally,
1:25.6	put the date on the calendar, decided we should do it, record the conversation for everybody's
1:31.0	benefit. I think it's really interesting. I'm not sure if she's totally convinced me,
1:34.9	but there's a lot to learn here, so enjoy.
1:38.1	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box Media Podcast Network. I'm
1:49.9	Matthew Glacias, my guest today, Kelsey Piper is a staff writer with boxes future. Perfect.
1:55.6	Welcome to the show, Kelsey. Thanks. Excited to do this. We've been talking about doing this
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