What do tech pioneers think about the AI revolution? - BBC World Service

Three leading engineers discuss the impact of the AI revolution.

Intelligent machines are remaking our world. The speed of their improvement is accelerating fast and every day there are more things they can do better than us. There are risks, but the opportunities for human society are enormous.

Three engineers at the forefront of that revolution come to London to join Caroline Steel and a public audience at the Great Hall of Imperial College.

Regina Barzilay from MIT created a major breakthrough in detecting early stage breast cancer. She also led the team that used machine learning to discover Halicin, the first new antibiotic in 30 years.

David Silver is Principal Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. He led the AlphaGo team that built the AI to defeat the world’s best human player of Go.

Paolo Pirjanian founded Embodied, and is a pioneer in developing emotionally intelligent robots to aid child development.

Producer: Charlie Taylor

00:00 Introduction
02:10 How AI could be used to detect cancer early
03:47 Gaming and reinforcement learning
05:42 Robot companions
07:08 What can AI do to detect cancer that humans can't?
08:12 Can computers learn to be intuitive?
09:45 How robots can build emotional bonds
10:42 The first AI influenced antibiotic
12:26 Narrow AI vs Artificial general intelligence
13:43 Why isn't AI used in medicine more?
15:05 Can "emotional" AI help humanity to be come better?
16:23 Should we use AI to create art and culture?
17:43 Audience questions
18:15 Should you have to understand the consequences of AI before using it?
20:09 Are robots going to take all our jobs?
21:39 Can AI help with sport performance?
22:59 Will depending on AI stop humans from learning?

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[deepusurendran]

a brief, but comprehensive seminar that gives the basics of AI to even those who don't know about this new digital revolution. Thanks, BBC for recording and broadcasting this show.

[himynamejef]

Beautiful last question by the girl with the pony tail

[Lruiz]

I love it ❤️
Narrow AI is a "machine" that is able to perform one single task and it's not specialized.
On the other hand the general AI is a machine that is able to perform many tasks and learn from them at the same time, however, nowadays it's just a concept used to tailor and train current AI models to provide a human-like output, pointing out that it's not intended to replace human work but boost it.

[sunroad]

"In any system of energy, Control is what consumes energy the most.
No energy store holds enough energy to extract an amount of energy equal to the total energy it stores.
No system of energy can deliver sum useful energy in excess of the total energy put into constructing it.
This universal truth applies to all systems.
Energy, like time, flows from past to future" (2017).

[toenytv]

Great conversation with great thought leaders. Great go BBC

[renegroulx]

They mention AlphaGo in almost every single one of these.

[miraculixxs]

"In 5 years time you won't need to code, you just describe to what you want to achieve", this is the same thing people told me in ~1985 when I started to learn to program.

[ilnmfje]

First time I enjoyed watching an educational podcast 😅

[xwswxkh]

Are you sure Ms.Steel was not an AI? Thank you for your very nice representation.

[ninjanick]

How should we ensure AI is developed and used responsibly?

[joskabouw]

Damm ... awesome of brilliance in a brief overview.

[mock]

For Paolo, I would mention a book here written by Japanese author, "Kazou Ishiguro" Book title- Klara and the Sun.

[irfanaslamcom]

Artificial intelligence's real competition is genuine stupidity

[TheUttamkumarbagchi]

This is the amazing seminar for human kind.

[attmanchabinga]

Good to see you Carol. I've only been listening to you on Radio❤

[FarhanAmin]

Why do all comments here look like they were made by bots?

[mahiaravaarava]

it's fascinating to see tech pioneers weigh in on the AI revolution! As someone who's been following AI developments closely, I'm intrigued by how collaborative AI systems could transform businesses. I recently came across SmythOS, which seems to be pioneering some exciting multi-agent AI technology.

[peterrubinstein]

billing issues related to the use of Ai came quiet unexpected.

[ScoriacTears]

I wonder what C.G.Jung would think, write, paint regarding our current state. . .

[marksmit]

Very much for laypeople but good for a basic understadning. Many thanks