Democracy Under Threat: The Rise of AI
Artificial intelligence is set to be one of the most disruptive technologies this century, with its impact already coming into focus.
While commercial applications like ChatGPT and debates around energy consumption are significant, a larger debate looms: the possibility of artificial general intelligence (AGI).
A machine capable of augmenting its own intelligence is a matter of time — and could even arrive within a decade.
This week's guest, philosopher and author William MacAskill, is a leading thinker in the Effective Altruism movement and author of influential books like "Doing Good Better" and "What We Owe The Future".
- MacAskill co-founded organisations such as Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours, and the Centre for Effective Altruism.
Author's summary: AI threatens democracy, says philosopher William MacAskill.