Exploring AI Ethics and the Future of Humanity: An Interview with John C Havens

The Impossible Network

This week in light of the ongoing debates and discussion over the impact of Generative AI on work, society, and humanity I am publishing a re-edit of an interview from 2019 with John C Havens, the Executive Director of The IEEE Global Initiative on AI Ethics and their Sustainability Practice Lead

John is a highly respected thought leader on artificial intelligence and ethics and the author of Heartificial Intelligence and Hacking Happiness. Long before AI entered our mainstream discourse John was working on the big ethical questions around AI.

Although recorded in 2019 the issues we discuss are more pertinent today than they were then, including the negative externalities of technology; what we define as metrics of success for AI; the limits of exponential growth and innovation; finding a more human alternative to GDP; prioritizing human and ecological wellbeing; personal data monetization, control, and privacy; changing economic paradigm in the purpose-driven world; and John’s vision for a more sustainable future society.

Now over to John

What We Discuss

00:00 Intro

01:14 John’s serendipitous journey becoming an expert in AI Ethics

06:00 John’s perspective on AI and Robots and metrics of success

08:30 Challenge of exponential growth

11:10 Moore’s Law impact on society

16:00 Value of our personal data

18:40 Creating our personal terms and conditions for data exchange

25:00 Ethics and user-centric design for AI

28:00 Ethically Aligned Design

31:40 Discussing societal progress

34:40 Evolving economic priorities and general progress indicators

40:50 John’s principles and quick fire questions

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Links in Show

Heartificial Intelligence

Martin Seligman

Rise of the robots

Moore’s Law

Fabrice Grinda

IEEE Standards Working Group

Doc Searls

Ethically Aligned Design

Council on Extended Intelligence

Joi Ito

Technology and the virtues

Twain Liu

Theory of You

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