How will the future unfold? What is the impact of technology on business & society? As technology reorders the world in which live, who will be the winners and who will be the losers? Join Azeem Azhar, curator of the Exponential View newsletter, in deep conversation with the world's leading thinkers and practitioners exploring these and other important questions. The views expressed on this podcast are those of its hosts, guests, and callers, and not those of Harvard Business Review.
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episode 13: Beneficial Artificial Intelligence
In 2015, computer scientist and AI pioneer, Stuart Russell, became the first signatory of an open letter calling on researchers to ensure “that increasingly capable AI systems are robust and beneficial.” Stuart joins Azeem Azhar to discuss the possible AI futures and how to ensure technology serves the good of humanity.
Stuart and Azeem also discuss:
- The nature of intelligence and re-creating intelligence in machines
- Algorithmic fairness and regulating AI
- Embodied intelligence
- Using AI to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Further reading:
- Stuart Russell, “The Long-Term Future of AI” (Berkeley)
- “Moral technology” (Aeon, March 21, 2019)
- “Concerns of an Artificial Pioneer” (Quanta Magazine, April 21, 2015)
- “Research Priorities for Robust and Beneficial Artificial Intelligence” (Future of Life Institute)
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