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Jul 21, 2023 36 min

Artificial intelligence – A threat to democracy?

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On the show this week we discuss artificial intelligence, the hopes, and opportunities the technology may bring, as well as the challenges and even the risks it presents to governments and above all democracy. This week the United Nations Security Council, operating under the UK presidency, met for the first time to discuss the issue of AI, with UN officials and diplomats alike urging the world to take the emergence of this new technology seriously. Meanwhile in the UK, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to host the first global summit on artificial intelligence in the autumn. Joining on the show to help us understand the enormous implications of this subject are , a Senior Research Fellow with our International Law Programme; , a Senior Research Associate with our Digital Society Initiative; , until very recently with the Open Data Institute and writer and journalist . Read our expertise: Subscribe to Independent Thinking wherever you get your podcasts. Please listen, rate, review and subscribe. Presented by . Produced by Sound by Matthew Docherty.

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