Sunday Pick: The UN is speaking up about AI — here's what they're saying

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🗓️ 29 September 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. AI is shaping every aspect of our lives — but only a handful of tech giants have a say in what this technology can do. So what's going on with world governments? Bilawal Sidhu, host of The TED AI Show, sits down with geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer to unpack the UN's just-released plan for "Governing AI for Humanity," a report that focuses on the urgent need to guide AI towards helping everyone thrive, rather than just the powerful few. Together, they explore the complexities of AI's rapid growth on a worldwide scale and take a clear-eyed look at the pivotal decisions facing us in the very near future.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective. I'm Elise Hugh and today we have an episode of another podcast from the Ted
0:14.8	Audio Collective handpicked by us for you. The UN recently announced a report
0:20.4	on global AI governance on the Ted AI show Creative Technologist
0:25.5	Balvel Sidu sits down with political scientist Ian Bremer to discuss the findings.
0:30.7	You might remember my conversations with Ian on TED Talks Daily before, but in this special
0:35.3	episode, Ian and Bolivel help us understand why this latest news matters and what we can do to make sure AI is on the path to doing good
0:44.3	without unleashing its dark side. Stick around for the conversation and find more of
0:49.7	the TED AI show wherever you get your podcasts. It's all coming up after a break.
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1:24.0	Usually the TED AI show comes out every Tuesday,
1:26.8	but we're dropping this episode a little off schedule
1:30.0	because something of global significance has happened,
1:33.2	and we wanted to be one of the first to share it with you.
1:35.9	So without further ado, let's get right into it.
1:41.3	Imagine a world controlled not by nations, but by a handful of tech companies, driven
1:46.2	primarily by profits holding the reins of artificial intelligence.
1:50.8	A techno-polar world, as geopolitical expert Ian Bremer calls it, where algorithms shape our lives,
1:57.2	our economies, and even our wars.
2:00.7	Now this isn't some sci-fi movie, It's the future we're barreling towards right now.
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