How to Prevent AI Agents from Going Rogue With David Kenny

About this episode

David Kenny discusses strategies to prevent AI agents from going rogue.

In this episode of AI Explained, we are joined by David Kenny, Executive Chairman of the Board of Nielsen and veteran AI leader. He discusses how to prevent AI agents from going rogue, sharing insights from Nielsen's "Ask Nielsen" platform and emphasizing the importance of compound AI systems, real-time control planes, "generally accepted trust principles" (GATP) for AI, fit-for-purpose models, production cost management, and change management in moving from pilot to production.

People in this episode

Host: Fiddler AI

Guest: David Kenny

Topics covered

• AI agents
• preventing rogue AI
• compound AI systems
• real-time control
• trust principles
• production management

Keywords

• AI
• rogue agents
• Nielsen
• trust principles
• production cost
• change management
• real-time control

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nielsen, Fiddler AI

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