Do You See What I See? Building AI for All of Us

Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams

Crooked Media

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In the face of unbridled AI development and incoming President Trump’s close advisors who happen to be big investors in AI, it’s more important than ever to raise the alarm about areas of concern. Stacey Abrams speaks to Joy Buolamwini, the AI researcher and artist who brought to national attention the way bias is coded into artificial intelligence, particularly in facial recognition technology – what Buolamwini coined the “coded gaze.” They discuss what we should know about the pitfalls and potentials of AI today, and Buolamwini invites listeners to join the ongoing mission of the Algorithmic Justice League to raise awareness about the impact of AI and how we can all contribute to a more equitable use of the technology.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams from Crooked Media.
0:11.7	I'm your host, Stacey Abrams.
0:13.9	If you're a regular listener, you've heard me mention artificial intelligence a few times.
0:19.8	Since one of our goals on the show is to understand the challenges we face and the tools
0:25.4	at our disposal, AI ranks near the top of both.
0:29.6	And for all of the promise that AI holds, it's crucial that at this early stage in its
0:34.2	development and deployment, we create ground rules to ensure a truly world-altering
0:39.3	technology does not grow unregulated and unchecked. And don't just take my word for it.
0:44.9	Tonight is stark warning that artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of humanity.
0:49.6	It comes from dozens of industry leaders, including the CEO of Chad GPT creator OpenAI.
0:55.5	The experts signed the statement, which says mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal scale risks, such as pandemics and nuclear war.
1:07.9	That letter was signed by 350 industry leaders in 2023. And yet here we are
1:14.3	entering 2025, still waiting for meaningful steps to be taken by our government on AI regulation.
1:22.0	To add to our necessary worries, the incoming Trump administration doesn't seem like it's
1:27.4	full of people taking that
1:28.6	threat seriously. Trump recently announced that his new crypto and AI czar, a brand new title,
1:35.7	would be investor David Sacks, a longtime critic of what Silicon Valley tends to see as government
1:42.0	meddling in tech. Sacks has also invested in Elon Musk's AI company,
1:47.0	XAI. So, two of the most influential people in the president elect's ear about the topic of
1:54.1	AI are also the two people who profit the most from unbridled, unregulated AI development.
2:00.5	Shocking.
2:06.4	Now, we could go on forever listing the conflicts of interest and the devastating intentions.
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