10. "Ethical Machines" - When should AI teams take ethics seriously? Reid Blackman Phd. - CEO, Virtue.

Series 2, Episode 10: Reid Blackman, Phd., Founder & CEO, Virtue and Author of "Ethical Machines".This episode is full of candid advice from Reid who has advised tech giants in Silicon Valley, Governments, as well as NASA, the FBI and the World Economic Forum. In our discussion he shares about when the right time is to really start to take Ethics seriously in developing small and enterprise-wide AI ethics programs - the answer might not be quite what you expected! We also talked about a 'systemic unconscious incompetence' around some of the big issues in AI and Emerging Technology around topics like race, gender, human rights and privacy. We also talk about some of the biggest corporate transactions that have happened and are happening in the world, asking is it ethical for the 'Tech Bros' to buy, transform and sell these companies (Twitter, TikTok, OpenAI etc) to meet their personal goals or should there be some kind of 'competition standards' body that qualifies deals on behalf of the general public and qualify whether the transaction will also improve the users' lives. Finally, what will happen when Agents start to battle it out without human intervention? Can AI's manipulate the AI's that represent us in the future?Show Links to materials, profiles and books we mentioned:Reid's Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reid-blackman/Reid's book, "Ethical Machines": https://amzn.to/4buxZKuCoded Bias (Netflix documentary): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394170/Reid's substack: https://reidblackman.substack.com/"Nexus" by Yuval Noah Harari: https://amzn.to/3DpF5TGListen and subscribe (on all your favourite platforms: Apple, Amazon, Spotify, Jiosaavn, Deezer and more): https://linktr.ee/humanxmachineMore:📢 For DAILY POSTS on Emerging Tech, Product Management, Leadership, AI, Gen AI, Automation and Quantum Computing updates, follow Christopher Lomas on Linkedin💙 If you enjoyed this episode, who else might? A colleague or a client? Share it with them as a part of the way you provide value to others. Or share it on Linkedin, WhatsApp, Telegram or other Social Media channels.👊 Thanks to Nikita Agayan for mixing and production of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.