S6E3: What Can Science Fiction Teach Us About Governance and Ethics? // Nicolas Petit Are You a Robot?

In this episode of Are You A Robot? Nicolas Petit joins us to discuss if we can use sci-fi to predict our future.

Nicolas is a Professor of Law at the EUI focusing on competition policy, digital regulation, and law and technology. You can follow him on Twitter @CompetitionProf or LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3vrI2df

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Timestamps:
[0:00] Introduction to Are You A Robot?
[1:05] Shoutout to our sponsors, EthicsGrade
[2:09] Start of interview with Nicolas [2:49] Nicolas’ background  
[4:29] What Nicolas’ job requires
[6:27] Challenges Nicolas has observed
[7:32] Narrative of sci-fi
[12:04] Could science fiction predict our future?
[17:08] Are there some futures you find interesting?
[27:10] Is it useful to read sci-fi to give us a peek into the future?  
[35:22] Blind spots on our predications [37:00] Three laws of robotics
[43:55] Military uses of AI
[49:19] Understanding AI vs innovation
[53:19] Explaining AI
[57:42] Are you a robot?

Resources:
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr: https://bit.ly/3fnucTRThree
Laws of Robotics: https://bit.ly/34m5c9c