Tales from the Hype Beat: A Discussion with AI Reporter Will Knight

Carnegie Council Podcasts

English - October 26, 2023 12:38 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MB - ★★★★ - 57 ratings
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In this discussion with Senior Fellow Arthur Holland Michel, Wired senior writer Will Knight reflects on a busy decade of reporting on artificial intelligence. Taking a step back from the hype (and a deep breath), Knight and Holland Michel discuss whether a true AI revolution is actually upon us, consider how the technology is and is not governable, and talk about the experience of coming face to face with a military robot.

For more on this talk, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.

For more from Knight, check out his Wired archive.