What does the future hold for AI?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

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🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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We're coming back to the topic of generative artificial intelligence, asking how this potentially gamechanging technology is going to be integrated into our society. We'll hear an explanation of neural networks from Geoff Hinton, one of the founding fathers of AI, and some of the most promising avenues for maximising the strengths of machine learning systems with tech journalist David McClelland. After a brief update on the debate around AI sentience from the foothills of the Himalayas from Nicky Clayton, we explore why chatbots might be about to stop advancing as rapidly as before, and how... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	So, so, so skin.
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0:17.0	Mull-a-light, get the good going. All engine running, running.
0:25.0	I'm so genius.
0:28.0	Get this.
0:29.0	Welcome.
0:30.0	It's the show where we bring science.
0:31.0	What that potentially means is
0:32.8	discovery is the advances research technology.
0:35.8	Unbelievable.
0:37.8	Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.
0:39.8	Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientists.
0:43.0	This is the program where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology, and
0:47.0	medicine with me, Chris Smith.
0:49.0	And today, AI, artificial intelligence is going under our microscope.
0:54.0	Do we really understand what it would mean to have new actors, new agents, new entities, new species among us, and have we thought carefully about how we make sure
1:07.0	that they play well with us.
1:09.6	So are those risks real or is this AI bubble about to burst?
1:14.9	From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education, this is the Naked Scientists. The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunag recently laid out what he thinks is at stake ahead of the country's general election.
1:35.0	International conflict and migration were always likely to feature, but perhaps more surprisingly,
1:40.0	he also went in hard on generational conflict and developments in artificial intelligence.
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