D-Day for AI: How to Create an End Game That Will Benefit Everyone
About this episode
The episode discusses the need for a new political approach to harness AI for societal benefit, drawing parallels to historical events like D-Day.
“AI represents successful capitalism. What we have alongside that is unsuccessful government. Government has no plan — left or right.” — Keith Teare It’s the 82nd anniversary of D-Day. On June 6, 1944, there was an unambiguous end game — the defeat of Nazi Germany. But today, end games are more controversial, especially in terms of harnessing the AI revolution to benefit everyone. For Keith Teare , publisher of That Was the Week , the AI end game requires an “Institute of the Future.” Everyone from Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to Elon Musk and Sam Altman should hammer out a plan to harness AI for the benefit of society. Keith offers the internet governance organisation ICANN as a model for this institute. It will shape the future for all of our benefit, he promises. So a D-Day for AI? I’m sceptical of this type of Brave New World-style technocracy. Firstly, Sanders, Warren, Musk and Altman agree on very little. And Musk and Altman hate each other. I’m also dubious that AI will or can benefit everyone. As Keith notes, some professions — teachers, for example — will be decimated by AI. Where I agree with Keith, however, is that we need a new politics for this new age…
People in this episode
Host: Andrew Keen
Guest: Keith Teare
Topics covered
- AI
- government
- capitalism
- politics
- innovation
- future
Keywords
- AI revolution
- end game
- politics
- innovation
- ICANN
- Keith Teare
- D-Day
- capitalism
- government
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: ICANN
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