Transcript
A (0:00)
So welcome to my show. It's called Tomorrow Today with Shekhar Natarajan. So we're gonna be talking about what's gonna happen tomorrow or into the future and we're gonna be talking about it today. And it's a show about, not about AI and where AI is basically like improving technologically, but the deep societal impact that we need to consider, we need to have answers to and how are we preparing ourselves for the future. And on my show I have the two best people that I would love to actually launch this show with. One is Nadia Atwal. Like she's the queen of journalism, my best friend, amazing journalist and a thought provoking like person. Like, you know, she has answers to every question that you could ever imagine. And on the other side of the world is my other best friend, Kate Hancock. And basically Kate is a two time TED Talk speaker, amazing soul and she's leading a beautiful effort called AI for Good. Welcome both of you. And I'm here to basically kick off the show. Kate, why don't you actually walk us through what is happening? Where are you today? You are in, in another part of the world. I wish like you were here with us as we launched the show. But you're doing something even more important than anything else. So please actually educate us what is going on.
B (1:29)
Yes, absolutely. I'm currently in Vienna, Austria, currently attending the TED AI and everyone's talking about AI and media. So Shaker, I'm kind of curious, like the media often swing between fear mongering and hype when it comes to AI. What do you think the world is getting wrong or right about AI right now? I'm curious about your thought about that.
A (1:52)
Yeah. And like, you know, it's like, it's different like depending on who you talk to. Like the people who are actually developing AI, like they're all about like AI, they will let you drink the Kool Aid about AI and the guys who are actually drinking the Kool Aid like feel that it's not like as cool as what it is. It really is contextual and it's so much basic. There's so much going on like in the world of AI. And let's get to the heart of the question itself. Like, you know, to the show itself. Like, what do you guys think, like are the deep societal things that we should think about in from an AI perspective?
C (2:30)
Well, I personally think there's a big issue right now with disinformation that is led by AI where people just feel they're being pushed into certain news narratives and like, why would I care? And why is this being pushed on me? And is this real or is this not? And there's fake voices and fake videos. And that is what people are very confused by. And we need to educate them on that. Also how to spot. I think this is basically going to be the new art of everything, is how to decipher. How can we tell what is real and what is not? And why would certain information being pushed on us may already give you the first indication that you should look closer?
