Episode #2
October 29, 2024

Why AI Is NOT The Manhattan Project | Verity Harding

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Show Notes

The future of AI is being written NOW. Will we repeat the mistakes of the past or create something better? In this episode, Verity Harding (Google DeepMind, Cambridge’s AI & Geopolitics Project) argues that we all need to be involved in shaping the future of AI and uses the history of other technological advances to make her case. Watch to find out what’s at stake and how you can make a difference!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

1:32 Verity Harding’s early life with machines

13:58 The room where it happens

16:37 How did the homogeneity of founders influence early AI development?

18:45 Ad

21:17 The AI Winter

30:03 The gap between tech and government

35:08 Oversight of AI

37:01 Is AI like the Manhattan Project?

45:59 What can AI learn from the story of IVF?

53:34 Bringing in more diverse voices shaping the future of AI

1:02 Is it possible to embed human rights into AI systems?

1:13 What does BLAIR, our AI co-producer, think?

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Created and Executive Produced by: Elizabeth Stewart and Baratunde Thurston

Executive Producer and Showrunner: Misha Euceph

Senior Producer and Writer: Alex Stone

Associate Producer: Layne Deyling Cherland

Editor, Videographer, and Audio Engineer: Mike O’Brien, Voicing Change Media.

Theme Music: Andy Clausen

Set design: Elizabeth Stewart, Cesar Reyes, and Layne Deyling Cherland

Special Envoy to the Machines: Peter Loforte

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