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Dec 2023
46m 22s

All Things AI: An Interview With White H...

Silverado Policy Accelerator
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Dmitri Alperovitch comes to the White House to interview Dr. Ben Buchanan, the White House Special Advisor on AI, about: - The risks and benefits of AI - What the US government is trying to achieve with the President’s Executive Order on AI - Why Terminator AIs are not coming to kill us but evil people using AI just might - What the requirements to report to ... Show More
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