Should we treat AI as if it’s human?

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🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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As AI becomes more intelligent, should we cease treating chatbots like robots and more like humans? Should they be held accountable to similar standards and laws? Amid the exponential growth of humanoid machines and interfaces, Chris Jones speaks to Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, co-author of As If Human: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence and professorial research fellow in computer science at the University of Oxford. Buy As If Human: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund The Bunker by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Chris Jones. Audio editor: Jade Bailey. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.1	Artificial Intelligence has infiltrated almost every part of our lives.
1:16.8	It can drive your car, write your essay or job application, and even be your new girlfriend
1:21.8	with a voice that sounds suspiciously like Scarlet
1:24.1	Yu Hansen. We're only just starting to see what AI is capable of so right now we
1:28.7	don't know if it's going to be a force for good or for evil. For now though we're still in control but the stakes are high.
1:36.4	The decisions we make about artificial intelligence today might very well determine the future of
1:41.1	humanity as a whole. Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt is a
1:44.8	research fellow in the Department of Computer Science at Oxford University and
1:48.6	co-author the new book as if human ethics and artificial intelligence. He argues that humans and AI should be held to the same ethical
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