In his new book christian says if we continue to rely on Artificial Intelligence to solve our problems what happens when ai itself becomes a problem . Computer science and poetry tackling the ethical and technological. His work has caught the attention of people like elon musk who said his book the human human was his night table reading. It questions whether its a replication of an epitope vias and how can we get a handle on technology before you lose control . He argues although with trained these decisions force eventually humans will need humans. Well be discussing a lot in the next hour and i want to ask your questions but if youre watching live with us please put your questions in the text chat on youtube so i can into end of the conversation today at the thank you brian welcome in thank you for joining us. Its why pleasure. Thank you for having me. This is not your first book of course could i want to ask the opening question and its not the type of question you ask an author bu
Even though we may not get that in our lifetime, even if experienced hardships and disappointments along the way, at least still have faith we can create a more Perfect Union. Not a Perfect Union but more perfect. Good morning and welcome to a special edition of Washington Post live. I am hoping columnist for the Washington Post and founding director of this project and for this special conversation this morning, i am joined by my dear friend, elizabeth alexander. President of the andrew w foundation. Good morning. Good morning. Its wonderful to be together. It is wonderful to be together. We both welcome our guest for this conversation. Fortyfourth president of the united states, barack obama. I assume you recognize that guy in the middle there. Good morning. Washington post put up good guns for this one. We are a so excited to see you. I am very grateful you guys took the time. We are so excited to talk to you about your book but this is a News Organization so we do have to begin wit
Good afternoon everybody and welcome to politics and prose live at lunch where we bring you our programming during the lunchtime hour. Celebrating the release of livewire if at any time click the link to purchase a chat of the book on the website. Women to submit to the q and a box which can be found at the bottom of your screen be sure to put your question in the q and a. On to the main event doctor David Eagleman is a New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist work at the National Nonprofit institute an adjunct assert. Best known for his work on time perception, his new book livewire also misled from anastasia to dreaming that revolutionized how we think he will discuss bio hackers human using echolocation in the present and future of ai im so here one excited to hear him talk today. The floor is all yours and then i will be back to moderate q and a. Thank you its a great pleasure to be here i have been to politics and prose in person. Im sorry i cannot be there this year b
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