Each episode of Why It Matters breaks down an issue that is shaping our world’s future. Join host Gabrielle Sierra as she speaks with the leaders and thinkers who are facing these questions head on. Fueled by the minds at the Council on Foreign Relations, Why It Matters brings some of the world’s most compelling stories home to you.
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Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
After decades of seeming like another sci-fi catchphrase, artificial intelligence (AI) is having its moment. Some experts predict that AI will usher in an era of boundless productivity and techno-utopia; others see a new realm of great-power competition and the end of humanity. Nearly all agree that AI will change the world. But will it be for the better?
Featured Guests:
Janet Haven (Executive Director, Data & Society)
Sebastian Mallaby (Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, CFR)
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/ai-meets-world-part-one