Will AI Do More Harm Than Good?

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🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Is it true that artificial intelligence will do more harm than good? Proponents say it will help us solve problems like climate change and world hunger, while eliminating dangerous and mundane jobs. But critics warn that A.I.’s current trajectory is a dangerous one, which will likely concentrate power, reduce jobs, surveil consumers and voters alike, and threaten democracy. What’s more, some people say these conditions are not based on science fiction, but are already in the process of afflicting us, given the number of algorithms we engage with on a daily basis. So, could artificial intelligence be used to help solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges and level the playing field, or will it present perils that far outweigh any good it might do? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:24.2	Hi everybody, I'm John Don Van.
0:28.8	Welcome to a greet to disagree from Intelligent Squared.
0:32.4	And about that telephone in your pocket.
0:35.0	Well, actually let me use much more up to date term.
0:38.3	The smartphone in your pocket.
0:40.1	And yes, it is smart in the sense that it really does have a certain kind of functional
0:44.4	intelligence going on behind that little screen.
0:46.5	Artificial intelligence, AI.
0:48.8	And thanks to AI, your phone is not some static, you know, lump of silicon.
0:53.8	It is actually adapting to you all the time.
0:56.1	It is studying you and it is learning from you to the point where it's actually now advising
1:01.0	you on routes and restaurants and it's reordering your photos by subject matter and whose faces
1:06.4	are in them and it's lining up new stories for you to read.
1:09.6	And in so many ways that I expect you to appreciate your phone and its artificial intelligence,
1:15.8	they are helping you.
1:18.0	And your relationship with all of that?
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