mustafa suleyman, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. it s 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 i ve got it right, that you re not so much worried about the machines you re worried about us, our wisdom. is that right? it s 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. they re new. we don t understand them. they could be completely novel in ways that could be very harmful. but that s no reason t
think? that is what we are doing. in other news, here is the news with. train drivers who are members of the aslef union are on strike today. 15 train companies are affected with some operators running no services at all. it s the first of three rail strikes this week, with further action on friday and saturday. one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence says regulation of the technology needs to be ramped up . professor yoshua bengio says his feelings about al are similar to how scientists felt about the development of the atom bomb. parents on universal credit will be able to claim hundreds more to cover childcare costs from the end of next month. the government announced in spring that people with one child would be able to getjust over £950 while those with two or more children could get up to £1630. officials in southern russia say a drone has hit an oil refinery a day after an attack on moscow. vladimir putin yesterday accused ukraine of trying to fri
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. moscow has been targeted by multiple drones in the biggest such attack since the invasion of ukraine. officials said eight drones had reached the russian capital, causing some damage, but most had been shot down. ukraine has denied any involvement. russia s president, vladimir putin, said the drones were aimed at civilian targets and that russia reserves the right to take the harshest possible measures against kyiv. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, heard the explosions this morning, and sent this report. russian television says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. the bbc has not independently verified the images russian tv showed. but from early morning, people in and around the russian capital did report hearing explosions. i heard them, too. at home my windows shook from the force of the blasts. russia s defence ministry accused ukraine of carrying out the attack but said that russia s military had downed
Car companies could dent growth in the Worlds Largest economy. Still, the us president backed the striking workers call for a 40 pay raise, telling them they deserve a lot more than they are getting. You deserve the significant raise you need, and other benefits. Get back what we lost, 0k . Its about time they step up for us. Wall street didnt build the country. The middle class built the country. Unions built the middle class. Thats a fact so lets keep going. You deserve what youve earned, and youve earned a hell of a lot more than youre getting paid now. Thank you very much. Now, the Biden Administration has also been taking aim at the us tech sector. The competition regulator, the federal trade commission, has filed a lawsuit against amazon accusing it of protecting its Market Dominance in Online Retail at the expense of consumers and third 7 party sellers. Our north American Business correspondent erin delmore has more from new york. Its a case that has been in the works for years
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