Should AI have a 'kill switch'?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask if we'll need a kill switch for AI, and why do we think we'll need one? Where do these fears come from and are we worrying about the right things?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong explore our fears around AI, where they come from andwhether we're worrying about the right things?
Listener Paul asks 'if AI gets so smart wouldn't it realise it was a threat to society and switch itself off?' Its the stuff of Sci-fi fantasy, an artificial intelligence that gets so smart it decides it doesn't need humanity anymore. But if AI were ever to get that powerful and for many its a very big 'if' why would it want to do that? Kevin and Aleks speak to Dr Kanta Dihal who researches the stories we tell ourselves about technology and ask her why they seem to have become increasingly apocalyptic.
Do these far-flung futures distract us from much more immediate problems with AI and is that their purpose? Professor Michael Rovatsos explains the issues AI raises today and what鈥檚 being done counter them.
Presenters: Aleks Krotoski & Kevin Fong
Producer: Peter McManus
Sound: Sue Maillot & Sean Mullervy
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The Artificial Human
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong answer the questions we're all asking about AI.
