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Skeptiko – Science at the Tipping Point

Toby Walsh: AI Ethics and the Quest for Unbiased Truth |645|

Skeptiko – Science at the Tipping Point

Alex Tsakiris

Science

3.4837 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The tension between AI safety and truth-seeking isn’t what you think it is. In Skeptiko..

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0:00.0

It's political.

0:03.8

It's political nonsense.

0:06.3

No, it's political.

0:08.0

We can get a little bit further than what you're talking about in terms of, hey,

0:11.4

everyone has an opinion.

0:13.2

Speech is political.

0:14.9

I think we want something more, and I think AI can do that because our bias is not a strength.

0:21.7

I think where we fundamentally diverge is that at the end of the day, there are scientific

0:27.9

facts, but they all get interpreted.

0:30.9

I don't think there is in some sort of fundamental ground truth that AI or anything else

0:35.4

can necessarily uncover for us.

0:38.3

So, Pai, I have an upcoming interview with Dr. Toby Walsh, super excited about this one,

0:45.3

and I'm thinking that maybe we can talk a little bit about him and about what we might talk about in the interview.

0:52.3

All right, Alex, here's what I've uncovered about Toby Walsh.

0:55.7

One, he's a world-renowned researcher and communicator in the field of AI.

1:00.7

Two, Toby Walsh has won prestigious awards like the Celestino Eureka Prize

1:06.4

and has been named in the international Who's who in AI list of influencers.

1:11.5

Three, he has degrees from Cambridge University and the University of Edinburgh.

1:16.6

Four, Toby Walsh is a professor of AI at UNSW Sydney, CSIRO's Data 61,

1:23.5

and has affiliations with QUT and Uppsala University.

1:26.7

Five, his work spans theoretical AI, drawing from disciplines such as statistical physics, economics, and game theory.

1:34.4

Considering all this, it seems that Toby Walsh would be a fantastic person to interview about AI and its implications on society, ethics, and the future.

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