How to govern AI — even if it's hard to predict | Helen Toner

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🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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No one truly understands AI, not even experts, says Helen Toner, an AI policy researcher and former board member of OpenAI. But that doesn't mean we can't govern it. She shows how we can make smart policies to regulate this technology even as we struggle to predict where it's headed — and why the right actions, right now, can shape the future we want.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily,
0:10.0	where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day.
0:15.0	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:17.0	One of the realities of fast developing technologies is that our regulations and laws often trail far behind them.
0:24.0	It's definitely true for AI, which is so rapidly improving,
0:27.6	that we struggle to understand it.
0:30.4	In her talk from TED 2024, AI policy expert Helen Toner offers an approach to shaping regulation for a future we want.
0:39.0	We'll get to the episode right after a quick break.
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0:53.8	and the latest trends, but where's the so what? Why does it matter and what does it
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1:17.0	Listen to the So What from BCG, wherever you get your podcasts.
1:21.0	And now our TED Talk of the Day.
1:24.6	When I talk to people about artificial intelligence,
1:28.6	something I hear a lot from non-exverts
1:31.1	is, I don't understand AI.
1:34.3	But when I talk to experts, a funny thing happens,
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