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I have to roll my eyes at the constant click bait headlines on technology and ethics.If we want to get anything done, we need to go deeper.That’s where I come in. I’m Reid Blackman, a former philosophy professor turned AI ethics advisor to government and business.If you’re looking for a podcast that has no tolerance for the superficial, try out Ethical Machines.
Reid Blackman hosts Ethical Machines, a technology show with 95 episodes published.
My guest, Fabio Tollen, a postdoctoral researcher on the BRAID programme at the University of Edinburgh, argues that answering that question is more difficult than it first appears. Traditional theories of moral responsi
Aligning an AI traditionally looks like a matter of giving it rules to obey. But my guest, Gillian Hadfield, Professor of AI Alignment and Governance at Johns Hopkins University, thinks that’s the wrong approach. She arg
Technologist’s are racing to create AGI, artificial general intelligence. They also say we must align the AGI’s moral values with our own. But Professors Ariela Tubert and Justin Tiehen argue that’s impossible. Once you
The Thomson Reuters Foundation recently conducted a global survey and found that most companies are lagging in their attempts to govern AI. For me the most surprising stat is that 85% of companies don’t have any training
My guest, Carissa Véliz, is author of the new book “Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI.” Her thesis is that when leaders in AI say things like “AI adoption is inevitable
Chapter Six: Dream Teams for Ethical Nightmares Three Types of ENC TeamsENC Teams as Emergency ResponseTools for TeamsENC Teams in Bloom Chapter Seven: ENC: An Approach So Flexible It Makes Simone Biles Look Like C-3POHa
Chapter 4: The Standard Approach to Responsible AI Is Crumbling The Standard ApproachThe Madness in the MethodTurn That Smile Upside DownCats and Tigers, Oh My! Chapter 5: Why I Like Nightmares and You Should, Too The Po
Chapter Two: Things Get Complicated with Generative AI So Now We’re Going to Lose My Grandmother, AgainThe Creators’ Version of a Rough DraftThe Creators Align (Kind of)BigBusinessAIThe Master PrompterThe Changing AI Ris
My new book released just two days. It’s about how insanely complex the AI risk landscape has become, why the standard approach to Responsible AI is broken, and develops a novel approach to avoiding the worst of AI. In t
ISO 42001 sounds serious. It's got a serious (and boring) name, it's backed by 60+ countries, and some companies seek ISO 42001 certification. But is the standard any good? Does it actually prevent harms? Can we have gen
Technologist’s are racing to create AGI, artificial general intelligence. They also say we must align the AGI’s moral values with our own. But Professors Ariela Tubert and Justin Tiehen argue that’s impossible. Once you
My guest today, Josh Gellers, Dean at the University of North Florida, argues that AI has more awards. More specifically, he thinks that AI has been used to create new biological organisms that meet the criteria for mora
My guests today - Professor Kate Vredenburgh and VR specialist Lauren Wong - argue that there are at least two strong reasons for calming down: first, AI isn’t good enough to replace us at our jobs. Second, even if they
Are we dependent on social media in a way that erodes our autonomy? After all, platforms are designed to keep us hooked and to come back for more. And we don’t really know the law of the digital lands, since how the algo
Much of what we find fulfilling in life isn’t the having but the doing. It’s the process of working through a problem, taking action, doing what needs to be done. But that meaning may be on the verge of being greatly dim
Anthropic just got the axe from the U.S. government for refusing to allow the Department of Defense (War?) to use Claude for autonomous weapons systems and mass surveillance. For the first 15 minutes of this conversation
What does it look like for a non-technologist to lead Responsible AI practices at a Fortune 500 company? Today I talk with James Desir, Senior corporate counsel at Progressive Insurance and a key leader in their RAI effo
I tend to dismiss claims about existential risks from AI, but my guest thinks I - or rather we - need to take it very seriously. His name is Olle Häggström and he’s a professor of mathematical statistics at Chalmers Univ
We hear that “writing is thinking.” We believe that teaching all students to be great writers is important. All hail the essay! But my guest, philosopher Luciano Floridi, professor and Founding Director of the Digital Et
We’ve been doing risk assessments in lots of industries for decades. For instance, in financial services and cyber security and aviation, there are lots of ways of thinking about what the risks are and how to mitigate th
Carissa Véliz
author of Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI · Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI
1 appearance on this show
Carissa Veliz
associate professor · University of Oxford
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Patrick Sullivan
Executive Vice President and Group Head of Mortgage Partnership Finance® Program · Mortgage Partnership Finance® (MPF®) Program
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Michael Horowitz
professor at UPenn, Senior Fellow for Technology and Innovation at the Council on Foreign Relations, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development and Emerging Capabilities, Director of the Emerging Capabilities Policy Office at the DoD · The Community Solution Education System
2 appearances on this show
Jason Stanley
Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy · Yale University
1 appearance on this show
unknown
Purchasing Agent · Ope Outdoors
1 appearance on this show
C. Thi Nguyen
philosopher
1 appearance on this show
C. Thi Nguyen
philosophy professor
1 appearance on this show
Joanna Bryson
Professor of Ethics and Technology · Hertie School of Business
1 appearance on this show
Brian Wong
PhD candidate in Political Theory at the University of Oxford · University of Hong Kong
2 appearances on this show
David Ryan Polgar
All Tech Is Human
1 appearance on this show
Wendell Wallach
author of "Moral Machines" and "A Dangerous Master"
1 appearance on this show
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