What Happens When an AI Agent Goes Rogue? | Breaking the Deadlock | Full Episode | PBS
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What happens when technology advances faster than the rules governing it?
As AI becomes increasingly embedded in our daily lives, Americans will face a fundamental question: will we control the technology, or will it control us? Can its transformative benefits outweigh the risks to jobs, privacy, democracy, and even our humanity? Through a series of hypothetical dilemmas, prominent voices from technology, culture, politics, and journalism debate the ethical challenges posed by AI and search for common understanding about the profound stakes of a rapidly evolving technology.
This program was recorded live at The New York Historical Society. Learn more at www.nyhistory.org
Funding for BREAKING the DEADLOCK was made possible in part by PBS viewers.
Panelists: Campbell Brown, Co-founder and CEO, Forum AI Astead W. Herndon, Host and Educational Director, Vox.com Joe Manchin III, Former US Senator, West Virginia Sara Nelson, International President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO Michael Novogratz, CEO / Founder, Galaxy Hon. Gina Ortiz Jones, Mayor of San Antonio Max Tegmark, MIT Professor, Founder and Chair of Future of Life Institute Josh Tyrangiel, Staff Writer, The Atlantic
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CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 01:09 When AI Moves Next Door 04:51 AI's Expanding Influence: Policing and the Press 9:58 A Town Divided Over AI 17:32 An AI Agent Goes Rogue 27:40 When AI Comes for Your Job 35:53 When Your Child Trusts AI 40:24 Should We Pause AI? 49:12 AI and the Next Decade
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Breaking the Deadlock UC Davis Law Professor Aaron Tang, guides a diverse panel of participants through hypothetical scenarios…
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