AI: Why everyone's talking about the promise and risks of this 'powerful wild beast'

In the first of a special series on generative artificial intelligence, we ask why AI is suddenly such big news and where things might go from here. Speakers: Cathy Li, Head, AI, Data and Metaverse, World Economic Forum; Francesca Rossi, AI Ethics Global Leader, IBM Research; and Pascale Fung, Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Thumbnail picture: generated by Dall-E with the prompt 'the face of rodin's thinker as a robot' Transcript available on the episode page: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/artificial-intelligence-ai-episode-1 Related podcasts: The rise of AI and the green transition will transform the way we work: Future of Jobs Report 2023 COVID transformed the world of work, but AI's impact will be much bigger The golden age of AI: why ChatGPT is just the start Links: The World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/home Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos - subscribe Meet the Leader - subscribe World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe Agenda Dialogues - subscribe Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club