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The Fox News Rundown

Extra: Neil deGrasse Tyson On 'The Rise Of AI' ... and The Death Of The Internet?

The Fox News Rundown

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News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

“The Rise of A.I.”: Executives from Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI went to the White House this past week to discuss the risks associated with the recent rapid development of artificial intelligence technology. Concerns over the potential consequences have been voiced by many AI researchers and experts, many of whom have given dire warnings and are even predicting the end of humanity if guardrails are not put in place. However, there are still some in the scientific community who believe the technology can and will be harnessed for good. Astrophysicist, author of “Starry Messenger,” and esteemed scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson joined The FOX News Rundown’s Lisa Brady to discuss the ongoing fears surrounding AI and put them in perspective. Neil deGrasse Tyson explained that while some concerns are real, many are overblown. He also explained the benefits of rapidly advancing AI, the ways it is already being utilized daily by millions of Americans, and why he believes our culture will adjust to AI like it has to other technological advances. The famous science communicator did explain some of his concerns about AI and the need for some rules. He even said AI’s harm could eventually change our society for the better, including potentially killing the internet. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the discussion in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire interview with esteemed scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson and hear even more of his take on artificial intelligence and where he thinks the technology is going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Fox News rundown Extra.

0:07.0

I'm Lisa Brady.

0:08.5

We've just wrapped a theme week, and something it seems everyone is talking about, artificial

0:13.1

intelligence, and with the buzz, a lot of worry and worst-case scenarios.

0:17.6

So we decided to look on the bright side, too, asking Neil deGrasse Tyson for his perspective

0:23.0

about the positives of AI.

0:24.9

The famed astrophysicist is also director of New York's Hayden Planetarium at the American

0:29.6

Museum of Natural History and author of Starry Messenger, Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization.

0:35.4

And he puts some of today's warnings about AI into context.

0:38.9

We made edits for time and thought you might like to hear the whole thing.

0:42.0

If you haven't already, please subscribe to the weekday Fox News rundown podcast.

0:46.8

Now here's Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Fox News rundown Extra.

0:51.3

OK, so before we get to some of the latest space news, which of course I must ask you

1:03.0

about, I did want to talk about the open letter signed by some top tech leaders, including

1:09.6

Elon Musk, and by some of the people who have actually worked on artificial intelligence,

1:15.6

warning that it could be dangerous for humanity.

1:19.4

Is that going too far?

1:21.4

So my takeaway from the letter was not the caution that it could be dangerous for humanity.

1:27.9

By the way, that would be true for practically any major scientific technological advance.

1:34.3

So I don't see that as a uniquely present letter in that regard.

1:41.7

We could have done that at the beginning of the nuclear age.

1:44.1

And of course, at the beginning, it was just imagined it was just a bigger weapon.

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