42 min

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Safety with Jeremie Harris Data Bytes

    • Technology

Overview

In this episode we discuss how AI has moved from narrow to general, and the safety implications of this from malicious use to accident. We speak  with Jeremie Harris, co-founded of an  A.I. safety company  Mercurius, and previous co-founder of Sharpestminds. 

Jeremie has advised senior political and policy leaders around the world on long-term risks from A.I. and provides insightful recommendations on how we can all shape the future of AI in positive direction. 



 About Jeremie Harris

Jeremie is a startup founder whose last company pioneered a new funding mechanism for mentorship-based education, and was backed by top Silicon Valley investors, including Y Combinator. In 2020, he left the company to work on rapidly emerging problems in AI safety. He's briefed senior cabinet members in the Canadian government, and senior U.S. defense and national security officials on AI risk-related issues. 



Social Handles

LinkedIn              https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/

Twitter                https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris

Website               https://www.mercurius.ai 



Resources

https://www.aitracker.org 

https://medium.com/@edouard_harris/moving-on-3cd0fd455aab 



Learn more about our mission and become a member here: https://www.womenindata.org/


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Overview

In this episode we discuss how AI has moved from narrow to general, and the safety implications of this from malicious use to accident. We speak  with Jeremie Harris, co-founded of an  A.I. safety company  Mercurius, and previous co-founder of Sharpestminds. 

Jeremie has advised senior political and policy leaders around the world on long-term risks from A.I. and provides insightful recommendations on how we can all shape the future of AI in positive direction. 



 About Jeremie Harris

Jeremie is a startup founder whose last company pioneered a new funding mechanism for mentorship-based education, and was backed by top Silicon Valley investors, including Y Combinator. In 2020, he left the company to work on rapidly emerging problems in AI safety. He's briefed senior cabinet members in the Canadian government, and senior U.S. defense and national security officials on AI risk-related issues. 



Social Handles

LinkedIn              https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/

Twitter                https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris

Website               https://www.mercurius.ai 



Resources

https://www.aitracker.org 

https://medium.com/@edouard_harris/moving-on-3cd0fd455aab 



Learn more about our mission and become a member here: https://www.womenindata.org/


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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/women-in-data/support

42 min

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