Its a great pleasure to have you here. Now, you, in your career, are wrestling with the complex relationship between us humans and increasingly intelligent machines. It seems, if ive got it right, that youre not so much worried about the machines youre worried about us, our wisdom. Is that right . Its a great way of putting it. I mean, i think the great challenge we have is one of governance. Containment means that we should always be in control of the technologies that we create. And we need to make sure that they are accountable to us as a species, they work for us over many, many decades and centuries, and they always do way, way, way more good than harm. With every new type of technology we have, there are new risks risks that, at the time we experience them, feel really scary. Theyre new. We dont understand them. They could be completely novel in ways that could be very harmful. But thats no reason to feel powerless. These technologies are things that we create and, therefore, we
Leave you with ten seconds of coastline canines. 50 dogs took part in this annual surf in california, raising money for a Rescue Centre near san diego. Hopefully the water wasnt too rough right, were done, see you later. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Are the machines about to take over . That basic fear seems to underpin much of the discussion about Artificial Intelligence, and parallel developments such as synthetic biology. The latest wave of Tech Advances offers us extraordinary new possibilities, but do we flawed human beings have the will and the means to contain and control them . Well, my guest is mustafa suleyman, ceo of Inflection Ai and the author of a challenging book on al and us. Is that a doomed relationship . Mustafa suleyman, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. Its a great pleasure to have you here. Now, you, in your career, are wrestling with the complex relationship between us humans and increasingly intelligent machines. It seems, if ive got it right
Mustafa suleyman, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. Its a great pleasure to have you here. Now, you, in your career, are wrestling with the complex relationship between us humans and increasingly intelligent machines. It seems, if ive got it right, that youre not so much worried about the machines youre worried about us, our wisdom. Is that right . Its a great way of putting it. I mean, i think the great challenge we have is one of governance. Containment means that we should always be in control of the technologies that we create. And we need to make sure that they are accountable to us as a species, they work for us over many, many decades and centuries, and they always do way, way, way more good than harm. With every new type of technology we have, there are new risks risks that, at the time we experience them, feel really scary. Theyre new. We dont understand them. They could be completely novel in ways that could be very harmful. But thats no reason to feel powerless. The
Spent four days on the run before being arrested. And all 400 wilko stores will close by early october. 12,500 staff will probably lose theirjobs because the business couldnt be saved. And Amputee Milly Pickles has completed the worlds steepest race, the red bull a00 in slovenia. Milly, who lost part of her leg when she was 20, said the slope sprint was unbelivably tough. She is the first amputee to ever reach the finish line. Time now, then, for 10 seconds of the hokey cokey. This is perhaps the most british thing ever a hot weekend and hundreds were out in dorset doing the hokey cokey. I thought id give it a go. No, do you know what . Im very glad i wasnt there. Youre all caught up now. See ya voiceover this is bbc news. Well have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Are the machines about to take over . That basic fear seems to underpin much of the discussion about Artificial Intelligence, and p
At least 10,000 more are missing after a huge storm hit the country. Boys as young as 13 are being increasingly targeted with sextortion. Theyre coaxed into sending explicit images and told if they dont send the scammers money, those images will be shared online. Police in scotland say its a growing problem and theres another new iphone coming. The iphone 15, along with new airpods, will have a usb c port instead of the usual iphone cable. Tonight, im going to leave you with ten seconds of coastline canines. 50 dogs took part in this annual surf a thon in california, raising money for a Rescue Center near san diego. Hopefully, the water wasnt too rough. Right . Were done. See you later. This is bbc news. Well have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Are the machines about to take over . That basic fear seems to underpin much of the discussion about Artificial Intelligence, and parallel developments