The Black Box: In AI we trust?

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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AI can often solve problems in unexpected, undesirable ways. So how can we make sure it does what we want, the way we want? And what happens if we can’t? This is the second episode of our new two-part series, The Black Box. For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to view show transcripts and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.0	very 2023. The entity has since become sentient. An AI becoming super intelligent
1:13.9	and turning on us. You're telling me this thing has a mind of its own. And it's just
1:18.4	the latest entry in a long line of super smart AI villains. Open the pod bay
1:24.8	like in 2001 a space odyssey. I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. Or ex Machina.
1:32.0	Eva, go back to your room. Or maybe the most famous example Terminator.
1:38.1	They say it got smart. A new order of intelligence decided our fate in a
1:43.1	microsecond. But AI doesn't need to be super intelligent in order to pose some
1:48.8	pretty major risks. Last week on the first episode of our black box series we
1:54.3	talked about the unknowns at the center of modern AI. How even the experts often
1:58.9	don't understand how these systems work or what they might be able to do. And it's true
2:04.1	that understanding isn't necessary for technology. Engineers don't always
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