Jonnie Penn's guest appearances

Jonnie Penn

Nine To Noon

The AI Element

Neil Lawrence

Yohsua Bengio

Jeremy Barnes

OwlTail

Every day seems to bring a new headline about artificial intelligence. Some are good, but many raise concerns about the impact of developments in the technology. This week the so-called "godfather of AI", Dr Geoffrey Hinton, quit Google as he outed his concerns about the "existential risk" posed by digital intelligence. Since ChatGPT's public release late last year there's been an explosion of its use, and a massive amount of investment by Big Tech in similar large language models. But it's also prompted calls for a half-year pause on further AI training amid worries about where humanity could be left as systems advance. So is the speed of AI developments concerning? And where are humans left in the AI race? Kathryn speaks with Dr Jonnie Penn, Assistant Teaching Professor of AI Ethics and Society at the University of Cambridge, Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, and Associate Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. He's also the author of the number 1 New York Times bestselling book 'What do you want to do before you die?'. And he's in New Zealand for the Future State event, being run by Spark Lab and Semi Permanent, which looks at the driving forces behind the next era of tech innovation.

Technology historian Dr Jonnie Penn

In this bonus interview, historian, researcher and former TV star Jonnie Penn is joined by our Head of Public Policy and Government Relations Marc-Etienne Ouimette to talk about the history of AI. In the interview, Jonnie looks to the past to help answer a number of important questions about the future of AI. For instance, what parts of our social system do we not want to optimize? Who does this technological progress actually benefit? And how can more young people get involved in decision making processes surrounding tech?    1:19 - Jonnie Penn 1:25 - The Buried Life  1:54 - Berkman Klein Center 2:05 - MIT Media Lab 4:22 - Machines Who Think - Pamela McCorduck  23:21 -  ‘Don’t Join a Union, Pop a Pill’ - Katrina Forrester  26:03 -  The troubling case of the young japanese reporter who worked herself to death - Washington Post 27:14 - Germinal (novel) - Wikipedia   32:08 -  The Cybernetic Brain - Andrew Pickering  42:52 - Marvin Minsky - Wikipedia  44:40 - Jonnie Penn - Twitter    Other links:  Jonnie Penn Publications - Berkman Klein Center  What History Can Tell Us About the Future of Artificial Intelligence - TEDx Talks    -----------   Dans cet entretien en prime, l’historien, chercheur et ancienne vedette de télévision Jonnie Penn est accompagné de notre directeur des relations publiques et gouvernementales Marc-Étienne Ouimette pour parler de l’histoire de l’IA. Dans cette entrevue, Jonnie se tourne vers le passé pour répondre à un certain nombre de questions importantes sur l’avenir de l’IA. Par exemple, quelles parties de notre système social ne voulons-nous pas optimiser? À qui profite réellement ce progrès technologique? Et comment un plus grand nombre de jeunes peuvent-ils s’impliquer dans les processus de prise de décision entourant la technologie?    1:19 – Jonnie Penn 1:25 – The Buried Life  1:54 – Berkman Klein Center 2:05 – MIT Media Lab 4:22 – Machines Who Think – Pamela McCorduck  23:21 –  « Don’t Join a Union, Pop a Pill » – Katrina Forrester  26:03 –  Le cas troublant de la jeune journaliste japonaise qui a travaillé jusqu’à en mourir – Washington Post 27:14 – Germinal (roman) – Wikipédia   32:08 –  The Cybernetic Brain – Andrew Pickering  42:52 – Marvin Minsky – Wikipédia  44:40 – Jonnie Penn – Twitter    Autres liens :  Publications de Jonnie Penn Publications – Berkman Klein Center   What History Can Tell Us About the Future of Artificial Intelligence - TEDx Talks

Jonnie Penn, AI Historian: What not to optimize?