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I'm David Oronovich.

Welcome to the briefing room, the Metaversal Mind Chamber,

where you, me, the top experts and a big subject collide

and then resolve for 28 minutes.

An AI revolution isn't coming.

It's upon us, thanks to huge technological advances in recent years.

With change comes a plethora of opportunities.

But we've all seen the films where computers become more powerful than humans,

and that doesn't normally end well for us.

So, how cautious should we be, and what happens next?

Of course, you understand what AI is, don't you, how it works,

and why it's suddenly become the great existential issue of our times?

Why, at the end of last month, a letter signed by hundreds of researchers, academics,

and even tech entrepreneurs called for a six-month moratorium on the development

and the release of new powerful AI tools.

No, me neither.

Step inside the briefing room and together we'll find out.

To help me and you negotiate this new world, its opportunities and dangers, we have with us,

Professor Michael Waldridge, Director of Foundational AI at the Alan Turing Institute, Nina Schick, author, entrepreneur and advisor specialising in generative AI,

and Dr. Anders Sandberg, a senior research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute.

Mike Waldridge, before we get into the complexities,

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