EPISODE · Sep 27, 2025 · 53 MIN
Raising AI: Why We Need to Parent Our Artificial Children
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AI pioneer De Kai argues we must stop treating AI as machines and start parenting them as artificial children. This paradigm shift could determine civilization's future direction.De Kai - Author of the critically acclaimed "Raising AI" from MIT Press, De Kai is the AI professor who pioneered and built the web's first global language translator spawning Google/Yahoo/Microsoft Translate. De Kai was honored by the Association for Computational Linguistics as one of its Founding Fellows and by Debrett's as one of the 100 most influential figures of Hong Kong.Key Timestamps:[02:15] - Why we need to stop thinking of AI as toaster ovens[05:30] - The 800 billion artificial psychologies embedded in society[08:45] - How AI algorithms are already raising us through social media[12:20] - The reward function debate and who controls it[18:15] - Why we are the training data and need to be better role models[25:40] - Challenges in American education vs. Asian approaches to AI[32:10] - Teacher training barriers and resistance to AI tools[38:45] - The coming paradigm shifts beyond LLMs[42:30] - AI designing AI: the last generation parented by humans[47:20] - P-doom discussion and conditional probabilities[50:15] - Multiple pathways needed, not magic bulletsGuest LinksWebsite: dek.aiBook: "Raising AI" on AmazonNewsletter: dekai.substack.comBook Info: dek.ai/raising-aiFollow Us Facebook + LinkedIn: @AGIPodcastStay in the LoopFuture-proof your organization, your team, and your career → work with Jason: Podcasts, keynotes, educational workshops, and one-on-one coachingLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/📧 [email protected] Solutions GroupAffordable, pragmatic education, training, and consulting in AI literacy, policy, and projects.🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Tools We RecommendMindStudio → Automate your workflowshttps://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → Turn one recording into a week's worth of contenthttps://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr
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AI pioneer De Kai argues we must stop treating AI as machines and start parenting them as artificial children. This paradigm shift could determine civilization's future direction.De Kai - Author of the critically acclaimed "Raising AI" from MIT Press, De Kai is the AI professor who pioneered and built the web's first global language translator spawning Google/Yahoo/Microsoft Translate. De Kai was honored by the Association for Computational Linguistics as one of its Founding Fellows and by Debrett's as one of the 100 most influential figures of Hong Kong.Key Timestamps:[02:15] - Why we need to stop thinking of AI as toaster ovens[05:30] - The 800 billion artificial psychologies embedded in society[08:45] - How AI algorithms are already raising us through social media[12:20] - The reward function debate and who controls it[18:15] - Why we are the training data and need to be better role models[25:40] - Challenges in American education vs. Asian approaches to AI[32:10] - Teacher training barriers and resistance to AI tools[38:45] - The coming paradigm shifts beyond LLMs[42:30] - AI designing AI: the last generation parented by humans[47:20] - P-doom discussion and conditional probabilities[50:15] - Multiple pathways needed, not magic bulletsGuest LinksWebsite: dek.aiBook: "Raising AI" on AmazonNewsletter: dekai.substack.comBook Info: dek.ai/raising-aiFollow Us Facebook + LinkedIn: @AGIPodcastStay in the LoopFuture-proof your organization, your team, and your career → work with Jason: Podcasts, keynotes, educational workshops, and one-on-one coachingLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/📧 [email protected] Solutions GroupAffordable, pragmatic education, training, and consulting in AI literacy, policy, and projects.🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Tools We RecommendMindStudio → Automate your workflowshttps://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → Turn one recording into a week's worth of contenthttps://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr
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