Artificial Intelligence and your life in the future
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2019
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Thinking machines are finally able to think for themselves. In the US, it’s for money. In China, it’s to enforce state control. Futurist Amy Webb warns about “the steady erosion of humanity” if America’s “tech titans” don’t learn to share values with China’s.
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| 0:00.0 | Remember the phrase, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it's a duck. |
| 0:07.3 | That has its origins in the development of artificial intelligence all the way back to the 16th century. |
| 0:14.5 | But when we talk about machines that can think it's not about history, it's always about the future. |
| 0:23.4 | Man to man, man, man to machine, |
| 0:32.7 | machine to machine. In a short time, we've come a long way. We are traveling with you to the future to explore how technology is transforming our lives. People have serious real-world concerns about artificial intelligence. |
| 0:40.3 | My name is Sophia, and I am the latest and greatest robot from Hanson Robotics. |
| 0:45.3 | What's going to happen is robots will be able to do everything better than us. |
| 0:48.3 | If you're arguing against AI, then you're arguing against, you know, safer cars that aren't going to have accidents. |
| 0:55.9 | And you're arguing against being able to better diagnose people when they're sick. |
| 1:00.7 | And I just don't see how in good conscience of some people can do that. |
| 1:05.3 | The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. |
| 1:11.1 | Artificial intelligence, known as AI, as the emerging technology experts believe will |
| 1:15.5 | shape the future of human existence. |
| 1:17.6 | Hello again, I'm Orman Aldi. |
| 1:19.3 | Artificial intelligence, the phrase evokes images of benefits like driverless cars and medical |
| 1:25.5 | diagnoses and appliances that plan and cook your dinner before you get home from work. |
| 1:29.9 | This is the kitchen of tomorrow, a press button dream coming true for Mrs. Housewife. |
| 1:34.5 | All sorts of wonders are hers at the push of a button. |
| 1:37.4 | But it also reminds us of robots like Hal the computer in Stanley Kubrick's 2001. |
| 1:45.6 | Open the pod bay doors, Hal. |
| 1:50.8 | I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. |
| 1:54.2 | They stop listening to orders and begin to act on their own. |
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