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Vox's Kelsey Piper joins Matt to discuss the future of artificial intelligence research
Explain It to Me · Vox
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Show Notes
Vox's Kelsey Piper joins Matt to talk about the future of artificial intelligence and AI research. Should AI research be more heavily regulated, or banned? What kind of future will the continued development of AI bring us? Will AI turn out to be more like Skynet, or... like Philip Morris?
Resources:
"The case for taking AI seriously as a threat to humanity" by Kelsey Piper, Vox/Future Perfect (Updated Oct. 15, 2020)
Guest:
Kelsey Piper (@KelseyTuoc), Staff Writer, Vox
Host:
Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com
Credits:
Erikk Geannikis, Editor and Producer
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