Hello and welcome to the G0 World Podcast.

This is where you'll find extended versions of my interviews on public television.

I'm Ian Bremmer, and today we are asking a question that may define our century.

What if the way we deploy artificial intelligence isn't inevitable, but a choice?

AI is the most powerful technology humanity has ever built.

It can help cure diseases, reinvent education, unlock scientific discoveries,

accelerate clean energy transition, and more.

It also carries enormous risks in promoting disinformation,

destabilizing economies, and developing dangerous new weapons.

The trade-off between AI's potential and risks may sound familiar.

Think about social media.

It began as a tool to connect people, and in many ways it did.

But it also became an engine for polarization, for mass surveillance, and for digital addiction.

That wasn't inevitable. It was the product of choices that were made by a small handful of

companies moving fast and breaking things. The question now is whether AI is destined to follow

the same path. Can tech companies be trusted to prioritize safety in addition to speed?

Can regulation keep pace with exponential growth?

Is there a path forward where innovation aligns with humanity's best interests?

I'm joined on the show today by someone who thinks about these questions a lot.

Tristan Harris, former Google ethicist and co-founder of the Center for Humane

Technology. Let's get to it.

Thank you. Justin Harris, thanks for being on the show. Good to be with you, Ian.

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