The Gulf Between AI Progress and Political Understanding (with Dex Hunter-Torricke)

Future of Life Institute Podcast by Gus Docker

Jun 25, 202663:39Technology

Dex Hunter-Torricke is founder of the Centre for Tomorrow. He joins the podcast to discuss why AI governance needs to move beyond technical fixes. The conversation covers how AI companies make decisions, why policymakers...

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