#15: We Need to Talk about A.I.

"My key takeaway would be that there is an urgency around the conversation. It doesn't matter how far away AGI is. AI is having an impact now. It's going to continue to have an impact. It's going to affect our lives. It's going to affect the lives of our children. We need to have the conversation now because we don't actually know how much time we have before it's too late to have the conversation." — Leanne Pooley  Leanne Pooley has been a documentary filmmaker for over 25 years and has directed films all over the world.  In 2011 Leanne’s work was recognised by the New Zealand Arts Foundation and she was made a New Zealand Arts Laureate. Leanne was named an “Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit”  for Services to Documentary Filmmaking in the 2017 New Year’s Honours List and she is a member of  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (The Oscars).  Leanne is the director of the recently released documentary WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT A.I. for Universal Pictures and GFC Films. The documentary explores the existential risk and exponential benefits of Artificial General Intelligence. Leanne has served as a judge for the International Emmy Awards,  is a voting member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (The Oscars),  has extensive teaching experience and has published several articles on documentary filmmaking. *** For show notes and past guests, please visit https://aiasiapacific.org/index.php/podcasts/. If you have questions or are interested in sponsoring the podcast, please email us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter to stay in touch.