The Most Interesting Thing in A.I.
The Most Interesting Thing in A.I.
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A six-part podcast series examining how AI is reshaping our world. Hosted by Nicholas Thompson, each episode features a conversation with a leading thinker who offers a fresh perspective on the far-reaching ethical, economic, and social implications of this technology.
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The podcast examines a range of topics including the intersection of AI and creativity, sustainability, competitive business strategies, privacy concerns, and the philosophical implications of machine consciousness. Specific episodes delve into subjects such as the role of AI in reshaping artistic expression through collaboration, and the potential for AI to contribute to sustainable energy solutions, with examples like interviews with artists, business leaders, and cybersecurity experts.
A podcast series examining how AI is reshaping our world. Hosted by Nicholas Thompson, each episode features a conversation with a leading thinker who offers a fresh perspective on the far-reaching ethical, economic, and social implications of this technology.
This podcast is from The Atlantic’s CEO and is produced independently of The Atlantic’s editorial staff. Some episodes have a supporting sponsor. Those episodes are clearly labeled and the sponsor is named.
AI wants to be your friend. And your therapist. And your lover. It’s not an entirely new offer, author and MIT professor Sherry Turkle reminds us, but it’s one that’s grown more dire as AI has improved. In a conversation with Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, Turkle describes the dangers of anthropomorphizing generative AI, gleaned from hundreds of conversations she conducted (with real humans) for her new book, Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk To Machines. What do we lose when we make machines our best friends? And what, if anything, do we stand to gain? Turkle details her own experience creating a simulation of her mother, and the wounds that we risk reopening.
Produced independently of The Atlantic’s editorial staff. Supporting sponsor: PwC.
(00:00) Introduction
(03:45) The surprising return of relational machines
(07:35) Why Sherry wrote her new book, Artificial Intimacy
(11:18) The problem with delegating parenting, education, and therapy to AI
(19:07) Why people seek emotional support from chatbots
(24:40) Sherry’s concept of “dual consciousness”
(29:43) Regulating generative AI use for kids
(32:42) Can college students still read and write?
(37:32) Distinguishing between useful AI tools and harmful delegations
(41:32) How chatbots mimicking deceased loved ones can cause new psychological harm
(50:56) What Sherry would do with unlimited AI funds
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