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

The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast

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. Be sure to subscribe if you enjoy this conversation! ____________ Follow Andrew Keen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Check out his books: https://amazon.com/Andrew-Keen/e/B001JS2XPM/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1 And podcast: https://linktr.ee/KeenOnPodcast Follow Steven Umbrello on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevenumbro Pre-order ‘Designed for Death: Controlling Killer Robots:’ https://trivent-publishing.eu/home/139-designed-for-death-controlling-killer-robots.html?adtoken=39e8e7465a0621d2cca128b18c687fd1&ad=products&id_employee=2&preview=1 Links mentioned by Steven: https://epic.org/wp-content/uploads/foia/epic-v-ai-commission/EPIC-19-09-11-NSCAI-FOIA-20200331-3rd-Production-pt9.pdf https://epic.org/documents/epic-v-ai-commission/ ______________ Follow Me On ______________ All Platforms: https://linktr.ee/mikhailapeterson Facebook: https://facebook.com/mikhailapete​rson Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikhailaAleksis​​ Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikhailapeterson Telegram channel: https://t.me/mikhailapeterson​​ ______________ Chapters ______________ [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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices