286. Navigating the Post-AI Hype Era

In the aftermath of ChatGPT fueled AI hype, there's an equally charged conversation on how the public and governments should respond to present (and future) harms related to these technologies. It's a crowded space – with AI industry voices and existential risk (x-risk) doomers trying to shape the narrative on regulation alongside civil society advocates and government agencies.  With many combined decades of experience critiquing and working within the tech industry, Meredith Whittaker, Amba Kak & Udbhav Tiwari share their insights and perspectives on the current AI hype wave and the related policy landscape, with a particular focus on the threats this poses to privacy, and the ways that the dominant narratives are getting AI wrong. This episode of BIC Talks is adapted from an in-person event that took place in early October 2023, in collaboration with Signal and Hasgeek. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favourite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible and Amazon Music.