BIG TECH, democracy and how AI can make things worse

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🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this week's episode, entrepreneur and prominent AI researcher Gary Marcus critiques the growing generative AI industry. Marcus highlights concerns of corporate irresponsibility, widespread AI deployment, lack of regulation, security, and inherent flaws in AI technology, as discussed during his Senate testimony in 2023. His new book, Taming Silicon Valley, warns about Big Tech's potential harm to consumers and democracy without regulatory action, especially at the federal level. Learn more about the challenges and downsides of the AI industry combined with optimistic solutions and guidelines that could help shape a brighter future with AI for generations to come. Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jjayDaEVgFs ---- Follow Gary Marcus: https://garymarcus.substack.com/ | https://x.com/garymarcus | Taming Silicon Valley Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://x.com/andrewyang Get 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50 Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yang Get 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 Get 20% off your first order at https://ashanderie.com/ code yang ---- Subscribe to Forward: Apple — https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1508035243 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/25cFfnG3lGuypTerKDxKia To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.7	This week on forward.
0:33.0	It's just crazy to think that AI would be the only technology that isn't regulated,
0:39.0	but that's what Silicon Valley wants you to believe.
0:41.0	You might know the phrase the
0:42.7	Overton window where you put out a ridiculous idea and try to fool people into
0:47.8	accepting that. Well what's happened here is the Overton window has been
0:51.4	stretched so people are contemplating what if we had no
0:54.4	regulation of AI. That's insane. It is a pleasure to welcome back to the podcast the author of the brand new book
1:14.7	Taming Silicon Valley AI Technologist Ted Speaker Extraordinar
1:19.7	all around great guy professor you can throw in whatever you'd want.
1:23.7	Gary Marcus, welcome back Gary.
1:25.6	Thanks for having me back, Andrew.
1:27.1	You've been on the podcast before and you're one of the people
1:29.6	that I turn to for a human-centered approach to AI and technology issues and you've been thinking very deeply about this.
1:35.9	You have a book coming out this week. So tell us first, give people a sense as to who you are and how you got into this space.
1:45.0	I'm what you call a cognitive scientist.
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