Artificial Intelligence is Booming, How Should it Be Regulated?

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🗓️ 8 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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As the use of artificial intelligence explodes, government officials are trying to figure out how best to regulate the technology. Already, generative AI companies are producing software that can replicate voices, create stylized portraits, and produce thousands of fake online reviews. Experts fear that internet harassment, identity fraud and spread of misinformation could become exponentially worse with easy access to AI and warn regulation is crucial to head off potential harms. But, what regulations would be helpful? And what regulations might cause more harm than good? We dive into potential ways to regulate AI and what consumers can do in the meantime to protect themselves. Guests: Jennifer King Ph. D., privacy and data policy fellow, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Rumman Chowdhury, responsible AI developer, leader, speaker, founder, investor Ben Zhao, professor of computer science and director of graduate studies, University of Chicago Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Rachel Myro in for Alexis Madrigal.
0:47.7	Since the release of chat GPT in November, artificial intelligence has shot to the top of public conversation.
0:55.0	Already, generative AI software has demonstrated it can pass bar exams, write pass
1:01.0	high school papers, but also generate fake reviews, fishing scams, and copyright violations
1:07.0	on a staggering scale. Next, this AI may help cure diseases or create them.
1:14.7	Lawmakers and regulators say they're going to roll out guardrails, but their track record
1:19.3	raining in Silicon Valley is frankly lousy. What can the rest of us do to ensure somebody's
1:25.3	looking out for our welfare? That's coming up next after this news.
1:33.0	Welcome to Forum. I'm Rachel Myro in for Alexis Madrigal. As big tech pivots to incorporate
1:39.8	generative artificial intelligence into, well, just about everything.
1:48.5	There's a lot the rest of us don't really understand about what's going on. We can see big shifts in the way people access information on the internet, more visual, snackable, as Google has described it.
1:58.1	But what's under the hood?
1:59.7	How is this fast-evolving technology being used to
2:02.8	control our behavior as consumers, entrenched structural biases in business, housing, health care?
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