The Dark Side of Chasing AGI
Karen Hao
NYT bestselling author, Empire of AI
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Season 6 Episode 2
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In her instant New York Times bestseller, Empire of AI, journalist Karen Hao distills more than a decade of in-depth research into a detailed account of OpenAI’s rise to power and why leadership at the company abandoned their promise to keep their research open. Karen joins Robb and Josh for a deep dive into murkiness surrounding what artificial general intelligence (AGI) actually represents and why AI colonialism and biased systems undercut efforts to create superintelligence that represents the vastness of human learning and experience. Drawing on the work of a nonprofit in New Zealand to preserve the Māori language, the trio also discuss why smaller, focused implementations that use better curated data might be more valuable to businesses trying to integrate AI into their operations.
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About the guest
Karen Hao is an award-winning journalist who has been covering the impacts of artificial intelligence on society for more than a decade. She was formerly a foreign correspondent at the Wall Street Journal, covering China's technology industry, and a senior editor for AI at MIT Technology Review. Her new book Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI is the culmination of years of in-depth reporting and was an instant New York Times bestseller.
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