William Hague talks to AI expert Azeem Azhar - ‘Unchecked power ends with bad outcomes’
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The Times
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🗓️ 24 April 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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William Hague sits down with Azeem Azhar, entrepreneur, investor and one of the world’s leading thinkers on artificial intelligence, to discuss how tech could be the great equaliser, how we must control it and how the world will be unrecognisable in 5 years time.
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Guest: Azeem Azhar, entrepreneur, investor, author, thought leader.
Host: William Hague.
Producer: Olivia Case.
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| 0:00.0 | AI might be the most important innovation ever, with literally billions being invested. |
| 0:05.4 | The problem is that AI needs the right data and a lot of speed and processing power. |
| 0:10.4 | So how do you compete without costs spiraling out of control? |
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| 0:40.6 | Looking for inspiring stories, listen to the EY leading into tomorrow podcast. |
| 0:46.0 | It features compelling stories from leaders across government and the public sector |
| 0:50.0 | who've transformed their organizations and services. |
| 0:53.0 | From the impact of grants to how digital innovation is reshaping affordable child care, |
| 0:59.0 | you'll get actionable insights and ideas that can be used around the world. |
| 1:03.0 | Download, leading into tomorrow by EY, wherever you get your podcasts. Hello I'm William Haig and last month for my first ever outing on the story |
| 1:29.0 | I chattered with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Politics has been a very big part of my life. |
| 1:35.0 | I've even led the Conservative Party. |
| 1:38.0 | But I love ideas and innovation. |
| 1:42.0 | I'm fascinated by questions about technology, climate, geopolitics, |
| 1:48.6 | and so every month I'll be joined by key thinkers and leading figures to talk me through a rapidly changing world. |
| 1:58.6 | And although I've been thinking about something like artificial intelligence for a few years now, many people have, |
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