Introducing WITHpod: The AI End Game
4/30/20261 min
We’re excited to announce a new special series from "Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes podcast" called "The AI End Game: Power, Profit, and Progress." AI – and coverage of it – is everywhere. But what is artificial intelligence, really, beyond the buzzword? Each week, we’ll be joined by preeminent experts on AI and its effects to help make sense of this revolutionary time in history.
The series will feature in-depth conversations with experts, including: The Atlantic journalist Derek Thompson; professor at Wharton and New York Times bestselling author Ethan Mollick, professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and member of the Berkeley AI Research Group Alison Gopnik; former co-lead of the Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team at Google and co-founder of Black in AI Timnit Gebru; philosopher and cognitive scientist David Chalmers; author, host of the “Better Offline” podcast and writer of the “Where's Your Ed At” newsletter, Ed Zitron; The New York Times journalist and author, Michael Pollan, and more.
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23 sentencesChris Hayes· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Artificial intelligence is moving very fast, and suddenly it is just everywhere: workplace, schools, media, commercials, fueling excitement for the potential to revolutionize basically the way we do everything, also raising a lot of pretty terrifying questions. So what actually is artificial intelligence? What can it actually do? How far is it gonna go? What happens if it changes not just how we work, but how we think, or more essentially, who we are? I'm Chris Hayes, host of the Why Is This Happening? podcast. I've been trying to understand this moment we're in. What is AI, what it isn't, and really, what is the endgame? Where are we headed? We're launching a special eight-part Withpod miniseries, where each week I talk with leading experts to ground the conversation and answer the questions about AI that aren't being asked.
Alison Gopnik· Soundbite0:46
Every two-year-old, in many respects, is smarter than the smartest guy in Silicon Valley is.
Michael Pollan· Soundbite0:52
I was just speaking to, uh, uh, some Amish people who use AI frequently to just tell you- Oh, really? ... how fast the adoption's happening.
Derek Thompson· Soundbite0:57
Nobody wants to talk about the money.
Ed Zitron· Soundbite0:59
What you're kind of doing is whispering to CEOs, "Psst, you don't have to pay labor anymore."
Chris Hayes· Host1:04
Why Is This Happening?: The AI Endgame, a special eight-part miniseries. First episode comes out Tuesday, May 5th, and available wherever you get your podcasts.
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