Good Robot #2: Everything is not awesome

Future Perfect

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Tech News, News

4.5 • 622 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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When a robot does bad things, who is responsible? A group of technologists sounds the alarm about the ways AI is already harming us today. Are their concerns being taken seriously? This is the second episode of our new four-part series about the stories shaping the future of AI. Good Robot was made in partnership with Vox’s Unexplainable team. Episodes will be released on Wednesdays and Saturdays. For more, go to vox.com/goodrobot Support Future Perfect by becoming a Vox Member today: vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.9	This is part two of a four-part series. If you haven't listened to episode one, let me stop you
0:35.8	right here. Go back in your feed and listen to the first one.
0:39.1	We'll be waiting for you here when you get back.
0:41.9	Once you're all caught up, here is episode two of Good Robot.
0:53.7	You have cat hair on your nose, by the way?
0:55.8	I've been like trying not to pay attention to it.
0:57.8	I think you got it off, yeah.
0:59.0	Sorry.
1:00.0	It's okay.
1:01.0	Cool.
1:03.0	So should we get into it?
1:05.0	Sure, yeah.
1:06.0	Let me, it helps me to kind of remember everything I'm going to say if I can sort of jot down thoughts as I go.
1:12.0	Do you happen to have paper?
1:13.2	I think I don't have paper.
1:15.2	All right.
1:15.5	I saw that they had read.
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