#22: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Interview with Matt Burgess Book Talk Today with Aun Abdi

On Episode #22 of the Book Talk Today podcast, we are joined by Matt Burgess.

Matt Burgess is the deputy digital editor at WIRED, covering cybersecurity, big tech, and everything in-between.

We discussed his book, 'Artificial Intelligence: How machine learning will shape the next decade.' 

Timestamps: 

0:00 - Introduction 

1:50 - What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? 

3:39 - AI vs AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) 

4:55 - How far away is AGI? 

6:31 - Is AI and AG comparable? 

10:22 - Can we replicate the brain? 

12:59 - The impact of Natural Language Processing (NLP) 

16:15 - How do regulators stop further discrimination of minorities? 

22:44 - The ethics of surveillance.  

25:49 - AI and questions of what makes us human. 

27:54 - The major concerns of AI.  

29:30 - Job displacement and AI.  

33:47 - How quickly will AI develop? 

36:40 - Is it human nature to avoid a new technology? 

39:41 - The sustainability of new technologies. 

42:34 - Is the aim of AI to improve our lives? 

45:11 - Outro 

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