Is Artificial Intelligence A Threat To Human Existence? | Opposing Views #144

In this episode of Opposing Views, I talked to Andrew Keen and Steven Umbrello about AI as an existential threat, jobs & automation, mass surveillance, deep learning, how China handles Big Tech, social credit systems & facial recognition in America, and more.

Andrew Keen is an internet entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, and the author of The Internet Is Not the Answer. He hosts Keen On, a daily podcast about books and new writing, as well as the award-winning documentary and TV show How to Fix Democracy.

Steven Umbrello is the Managing Director at the Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies and the editor of Trivent Publishing’s Ethics and Robotics book series. He holds a Ph.D. in the ethics and design of AI and has a forthcoming book titled Designed for Death: Controlling Killer Robots.

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[00:00] Intro

[03:26] Keen’s View of AI

[04:57] Existential Risk

[08:03] AI & Job Automation

[11:05] Kinds of AI

[12:00] Implementation in the US & China

[13:46] How China Handles Big Tech

[15:21] The Orwellian Chinese Digital State

[17:29] European Immigration & American Dysfunction

[19:08] Fixing America?

[20:51] Phones & AI

[22:18] Superintelligence

[25:30] Ownership

[28:46] The Minds Behind AI

[30:54] Better Government Models

[34:36] Intro to Steven Umbrello

[35:36] Umbrello’s View of AI

[37:19] Job Automation

[41:15] The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) & Privacy Issues

[46:39] AI Journalism

[47:39] Privacy Issues II

[49:02] EU Regulation

[52:07] Healthcare AI

[54:24] Deep Learning & Machine Learning

[57:27] Like Human Brains?

[01:00:24] Built-in Bias

[01:03:39] The Collingridge Dilemma & AI Design

[01:06:57] Mass Surveillance in America & China

[01:09:14] Chinese Plans for AI

[01:11:22] Government, Privacy, & Data

[01:14:49] Becoming China

[01:16:16] Outro

#Automation #1984 #Surveillance #Robots #AI #Privacy #OpposingViews