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The PoliticsGirl Podcast

Never Give AI the Nuclear Codes: A Conversation with Ross Andersen

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

As computers get smarter, who do we want regulating them? Who do we want programming them and, ultimately, who do we want leading our country and military response when AI is in the mix? If we get this wrong, how we feel about things like taxes, religion and racism will be the least of our problems. To have this essential conversation, I’m joined today by Ross Andersen. Ross is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers science, technology, and culture. I’m having him on to discuss his article called “Never Give Artificial Intelligence the Nuclear Codes". This is big deal stuff and something we have to consider not only as citizens of our world, but also as citizens of a powerful nuclear superpower going into an election year. This is kind of a scary episode, but it’s also an incredibly important, and one I think is really worth your time. As always, if you enjoy what we do, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast ad free, along with a bunch of other perks, including the knowledge that you’re allowing us to keep bringing you the best content possible. If that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!! Thanks so much! xoPG Guest social: PLEASE consider making a small donation to his campaign. This guy is the real deal and we need to help politicians like him succeed. https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ross-andersen/ Twitter: @andersen Insta: rossandersen Threads: rossandersen MERCH STORE NOW OPEN: Check it out at: https://www.politicsgirl.com/store As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl This episode is sponsored by… https://trymiracle.com/politicsgirl Code: PoliticsGirl http://getsuperbeets.com Code: PoliticsGirl

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0:00.0

How has the war machine helped the world in any real way?

0:03.6

Most of us who aren't profiting off war

0:06.2

don't want anything to do with it.

0:07.7

I wish we weren't trying to get better at it.

0:09.6

I want less of it.

0:10.9

I wish the computers could help us with that. Hello and welcome to the Politics Girl Podcast. I'm your host Le McGowan. Let's get into it.

0:28.4

I'm not going to pretend the nation isn't in absolute chaos. The fact that Donald

0:32.4

Trump is still the Republican

0:33.6

front-runner, the amount of voter suppression and undemocratic behavior happening in

0:37.3

the states, the Christian Nationalist, the GOP chose to be Speaker of the House,

0:41.0

the dichotomy between what the two parties stand for has never been more glaring, which is why I want to talk to you today about a really important big picture idea, which is the rise of AI as it pertains to warfare.

0:53.8

We can't pretend the world isn't on fire right now

0:56.3

or that authoritarianism and terrorism

0:58.5

aren't on the rise all over the world

1:00.4

and realistically right here at home.

1:03.0

So the question is, as computers get smarter,

1:06.0

who do we want regulating them?

1:08.0

Who do we want in charge of programming them?

1:10.0

And ultimately, who do we want leading our country and our military response

1:14.5

when AI is in the mix. Because if we get this wrong, how we feel about things like

1:19.3

taxes, religion, racism, those will be the very least of our problems. I'm warning you

1:24.3

ahead of time that this episode is kind of scary, but it's also incredibly

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