Spotlight: AI Myths and Misconceptions

A few episodes back, we presented Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin’s
talk The AI Dilemma. People inside the companies that are
building generative artificial intelligence came to us with their
concerns about the rapid pace of deployment and the problems that
are emerging as a result. We felt called to lay out the
catastrophic risks that AI poses to society and sound the alarm
on the need to upgrade our institutions for a post-AI world.


The talk resonated - over 1.6 million people have viewed it on
YouTube as of this episode’s release date. The positive reception
gives us hope that leaders will be willing to come to the table
for a difficult but necessary conversation about AI.


However, now that so many people have watched or listened to the
talk, we’ve found that there are some AI myths getting in the way
of making progress. On this episode of Your Undivided
Attention, we debunk five of those misconceptions. 


RECOMMENDED MEDIA 


Opinion | Yuval Harari, Tristan Harris, and Aza Raskin on Threats
to Humanity Posed by AI - The New York Times


In this New York Times piece, Yuval Harari, Tristan Harris, and
Aza Raskin call upon world leaders to respond to this moment at
the level of challenge it presents.


Misalignment, AI & Moloch


A deep dive into the game theory and exponential growth
underlying our modern economic system, and how recent
advancements in AI are poised to turn up the pressure on that
system, and its wider environment, in ways we have never seen
before


RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODES


The AI Dilemma


The Three Rules of Humane Tech


Can We Govern AI? with Marietje Schaake


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