The A.I. Trap

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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News, Society & Culture, Politics

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🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Artificial Intelligence is continuing to develop whether we like it or not. But how will it affect our lives, and what should we make of the endless doom-laden scenarios suggesting humans are about to be rendered obsolete by machines? How scared should we all be about A.I., and does it offer more opportunities, or potential dangers? Gavin Esler discusses the benefits and risks of A.I. with Robert Trager, co-director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, and Shannon Vallor, Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. • Support This Is Not Drill on Patreon to continue by backing us on Patreon. You’ll get early, ad-free editions, merchandise and more. Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Produced by Robin Leeburn. Assistant Producer Eliza Davis Beard. Original theme music by Paul Hartnoll – https://www.orbitalofficial.com. Executive Producer Martin Bojtos. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. This Is Not A Drill is a Podmasters production podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, it's Gavin Esler here. If you're already backing this is not a drill on
0:05.0	Patreon, we have some news that will interest you, and if you're not, well here's a good
0:09.7	reason to sign up. On Wednesday the 18th of September I'll be hosting the first of an
0:14.9	occasional series of Zoom Q&As just for Patreon backers. I'll be answering your
0:20.1	questions whether you want to know more about the topics we've been investigating
0:23.8	on the podcast, the inside workings of this is not a drill, or maybe some of the stories I've
0:29.6	been covering in my time at the BBC and beyond. It's exclusive and free to
0:34.2	Patreon backers. All you need to do is to sign in and register. You can submit your
0:39.1	questions in advance or live on the night. And if you're not a backer yet,
0:44.0	follow the link in the show notes to find out how to sign up.
0:47.0	Your monthly contribution will be helping to keep
0:50.0	this is not a drill independent and on the air.
0:53.0	So join me for a Zoom Q&A on Wednesday the 18th of September at 7 PM.
0:57.6	See you there. Needless to say, you know, if we're trying to build human intelligence, we know already that
1:09.3	human intelligence have created a lot of good. We've created a lot of new technologies that allows us to live longer and better and more fruitful lives, but you know that progress has also come with costs in terms of climate change
1:27.6	destructive weapons and other things as well. So in that regard, we're not in uncharted territory.
1:37.5	What may be different is that artificial intelligence
1:40.4	as a general purpose technology is likely to transform just about every aspect of life. For most of us, complaining about artificial intelligence can seem like complaining about the weather.
2:01.0	It's going to happen whether we like it or not. But what is going to happen?
2:05.3	How will it affect our lives and what should we make of the endless doom-laden scenarios
2:10.4	suggesting humans are about to be rendered obsolete by machines.
2:15.0	I'm Gavin Esler and this is not a drill. Oh, yeah. Here's a question for our times. How scared should we all be about artificial intelligence? Perhaps like me you're not
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