AI | A Harbinger for the End of Democracy?
AI | A Harbinger for the End of Democracy?
Vicar Sayeedi
February 22, 2021
It’s a strange time in American history. On one hand, America’s scientific and technical competency and prowess have reached staggering heights while on the other hand our governance has reached previously unimaginable lows in its ability to effectively respond to crises.
It’s been just over a year since the outbreak of the COVID-19 Coronavirus in China’s Wuhan Province and already a number of American and European companies including Johnson & Johnson-Janssen, Moderna, Novavax, Oxford/Astra Zeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech have successfully developed and trialed highly effective and safe vaccines. The data now being reported from around the world and published in peer reviewed academic journals indicates that Pfizer/BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine is showing efficacy of nearly 90% after just a single dose and that it is also nearly as effective in containing transmissibility. The Western scientific community has done nothing less than a brilliant job in developing this and so many other vaccines that will benefit humankind by saving countless lives. Normally, it can take ten or more years to develop safe and effective vaccines but in the span of under one year we now have at least five vaccines through Phase 3 in the clinical trial process. It’s a truly admirable and unprecedented performance!
As of today, the Pandemic continues to rage around the world and we now have 111 million cases with 2.5 million deaths. 500,000 of those deaths have occurred in the United States, alone. But in the midst of this chaos and tragedy, the entire planet’s economy has effectively been running on American software, systems and technology and has done so without so much as a hiccup. Thousands of conference calls now take place daily on video platforms provided by companies including Cisco-WebEx, Microsoft-Teams and Zoom effectively bringing together participants from around the world so they can collaborate and solve problems in the digital domain. At the same time, millions of consumers around the world are able to order books, hand sanitizer, face masks, groceries and virtually any other product they need or want from on-line e-commerce platforms like Amazon and they are able to keep in touch with family, friends and professional colleagues on social media platforms from Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and WhatsApp. In the evening, they can relax and watch endless hours of streaming videos on Amazon Prime, Hulu and Netflix.
Just last week, guided by a diverse group of brilliant male and female scientists and technologists, we witnessed the surreal footage from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories of the Perseverance Rover’s effortless landing on the surface of Mars. It was understandably hard not to feel a sense of pride in being an American as we watched that truly extraordinary moment unfold on our cell phones and laptops.
At the same time, though, given the openness of our democratic society and the freedom of speech enshrined in the First Amendment to our Constitution, our free and independent press, our Fourth Estate also covered the extraordinary failings of the American government and that of other leading Western democratic nations as they capitulated in dramatic fashion as they attempted to test, trace, quarantine and vaccinate their societies. It has been a truly humbling display and a realization of how poor our governance has really become in the world’s leading democracies, particularly in the US, the UK and the EU. After nearly 40 years of effort by leading politicians in the US and the UK to delegitimize government in the eyes of its citizens and then subsequently to defund so many critical government agencies and functions – “The deconstruction of the Administrative State” as Steve Bannon put it –we now find ourselves turning to these very same agencies and institutions to provide leadership and service in a time of grave global crisis.
Before the onset of the Pandemic in early 2020, many would have expected the United States to lead the world in rapidly and effectively containing the Pandemic within its own borders using its expertise in public health and related scientific and technological innovations for tracking and tracing while simultaneously providing leadership to the rest of the world in exactly how to contain the virus. All public health authorities in leading democratic nations in the West understand that America and other leading Western European nations must use their best in class capabilities and take the lead in formulating a plan to inoculate the rest of the world since unless the entire world population is vaccinated, the virus is likely to continue to mutate into new, evasive and perhaps ever more potent variants. Then we have the very real quagmire that vaccines and vaccinated people will once again be at risk and the social fabric will continue to fray as socioeconomic and political fall out is further exacerbated.
As a result of these catastrophic failures in public health administration and the resulting deaths and economic damage, the evidence is clear: people around the world are feeling increasingly gloomy in their outlook for democracy and its ability to retain its role as the best in class form of governance for the future. An unintended and worrisome consequence of this emerging reality is that we are inadvertently strengthening the hand of Right Wing Authoritarian regimes.
For quite some time, many thought leaders in political science have believed that working class people in the West have been turning away from center left social democratic parties and towards far right Authoritarian populists in America and Europe because these workers feel they’ve been left behind after more than thirty years of Globalization. Workers feel that center left parties who were supposed to represent their interests have instead negotiated trade deals that serve the interests of financial and industrial elites and that workers like them never had a seat at the table as these trade deals were consummated. Brexit in the UK, the Gilets Jaunes or Yellow Vest movement in France and the Trump/MAGA phenomenon in America are each an important example of such working class revolts against Globalization. The proliferation of conspiracy theories and straw man arguments, the rejection of facts and guidance from public health officials and the formation of unsavory movements in dark corners of the Internet are all consequences of this profound loss of faith in democracy and trust in government.
At the same time, though, Globalization doesn’t explain the rise of far right Authoritarian populism in countries and regions as diverse as India, Brazil, Eastern Europe or Turkey where working class people have largely been significant beneficiaries of Globalization. Perhaps then, a key reason that so many citizens around the world have turned their back on Democracy is because the world has become far too complicated and too many citizens just don’t understand the issues. In such a scenario, they’d rather have a strongman who promises to make everything ok and tells them not to worry. He [it’s almost always a man] says he will take care of everything for the people and they needn’t bother to understand these complex matters. It’s a very appealing message; citizens only need to send money when asked and to rise up in revolt when called upon. Other than these modest requirements, they needn’t worry themselves over the complexities of our modern world.
Unfortunately, the people are right in their reticence towards the complexity of the modern world. Science and technology are playing an increasingly important role in society and in the socioeconomic future of everyone and too many people don’t know what to make of it all. The problem is greatly exacerbated by the fact that democracy requires the electorate to be informed and capable of thinking critically about the issues of the day but in America we’ve defunded education to such a degree that in the last election cycle 75% of the electorate could not name the three branches of government let alone articulate the implications of 4th Industrial Revolution sciences and technologies including Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Computing and Data Science. The people no longer understand the basic function of government let alone the implications of State Surveillance or Surveillance Capitalism upon their lives.
If we visit societies in Northern Europe, we find that they also have about the same percentage of foreign-born citizens – about 15-20% – in their countries and they also face similar challenges posed by unmitigated Globalization. But these societies are much more educated so they’re able to think critically about the issues of the day. They do have Right Wing Authoritarian tendencies in their societies to contend with but the competency and technocratic leadership within their government results in a much greater level of trust for authorities. Their governments have performed much better than the US and UK in managing societal change during the decades since the onset of Globalization. They have social safety nets that cushion the blow of the changing environment in the workplace and they have worked to retrain workers and provide healthcare and education across the society. As a result, they are not facing the grave challenges to their democratic way of life as that seen in the US and the UK.
Unfortunately, as we go forward, technologies such as Artificial Intelligence will be excellent tools for Authoritarian regimes to strengthen their grip on power through AI enabled state surveillance and through biotechnology. This means the challenges faced by the KGB in the Soviet Union and the East German Stasi during the Cold War in the 20th century will not be an issue for modern day Authoritarian regimes. So if we are determined to preserve our democratic way of life as enshrined in our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, the only way to mitigate the risk of Authoritarianism in the United States and in the rest of the Developed World will be through a rapid and profound rededication to investment in education for all our citizens. The ideological challenge posed by the Soviet Union in the middle of the last century pushed the West to rise to the challenge. Perhaps the emerging Cold War with China will have a similar effect. Let us hope.
Vicar Sayeedi is a Computer Scientist and Engineer, a Lecturer and a Consultant. Vicar is also the author of several books. His most recent book is about Artificial Intelligence and is titled, The Génome Affair.
Vicar is most interested in the big questions facing humankind. He is particularly focused on studying at the confluence of the five great disciplines of Human History, Political Science and Thought, International Affairs, Science and Technology. This intersection offers a deep understanding and pedagogically important lessons of how advances in human endeavor have influenced and impacted civilization.
Vicar has been writing books, essays and poetry for many years. For the past 30 years, Vicar has worked in the Technology and Pharmaceutical industries. He is currently a Consultant in the Life Sciences Industry and lives in suburban Chicago with his wife and their three grown children [if they decide to visit during the holidays!]
You can find Vicar’s recent book on AI, The Génome Affair on Amazon at this link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YQ7M9Q7
The most recent episodes of Vicar’s ai & u! Podcast are on YouTube at the following links:
Episode 1 - https://youtu.be/yNYr28jtY_k
What is Artificial Intelligence? What is Human Intelligence?
Episode 2 - https://youtu.be/kAEgDNh1Nwc
How Did We Get Here? Machine Learning, Neural Networks & the AI Lexicon, Exciting AI Agents
Episode 3 - https://youtu.be/3PYCyv1pCgM
Deep Mind - How Powerful is Narrow AI? State Surveillance and Surveillance Capitalism
Episode 4 - https://youtu.be/WvobCMIM_H4
Impact on Societies That Possess Artificial Intelligence Versus Those that Do Not!
Episode 5 - https://youtu.be/4JVpvm4g79g
Surveillance Capitalism, Surveillance State, 4th Industrial Revolution, Bifurcation of Sapiens
Episode 6 - https://youtu.be/e1q2GgcWQok
AI, Blockchain & Quantum Computing - Implications for Global and National Governance
Episode 7 - https://youtu.be/4bDSUvrOdd4
Popular Perceptions of Intelligence, the Seat of Human Intelligence and Implications for AI
Episode 8 - https://youtu.be/3GjHqQZL7Pk
AI - Why Should I care? Plus Exciting Updates from Elon Musk and Neuralink!
Episode 9 - https://youtu.be/enpecqDecC8
AI - Excellence, Innovation & Genius
Episode 10 - https://youtu.be/UsriESlTjdA
Implications for AI as China and the West Decouple
Episode 11 - https://youtu.be/0CpaMb-yw3g
Artificial Intelligence: Ethics, Law & Society
Episode 12 - https://youtu.be/PLzodrLWMq0
AI & Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Episode 13 - https://youtu.be/Lm_nrNyJRbA
AI & the Future of Work in Industry 4.0 – the 4th Industrial Revolution
Episode 14 - https://youtu.be/_3E1Mhr_Dt8
Artificial Intelligence and its Implications for Authoritarianism and Democracy
Episode 15 - https://youtu.be/IpMUqHOEd7w
Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness & the Future of Homo Sapiens
Episode 16 - https://youtu.be/mIf7_VMzGKo
AI and its Implications for America's Political Environment
Episode 17 - https://youtu.be/gsMRPnovZGI
Special Episode: Reading From The Génome Affair
Episode 18 - https://youtu.be/UxNxtWDCREM
Artificial Intelligence - Digital Tyranny, Datocracy and the Imitation Game
Episode 19 - https://youtu.be/Db8U0QQWWuY
Does Artificial Intelligence Really Replicate Human Intelligence?
Episode 20 - https://youtu.be/Np18AEq-6DM
AI & Rising Geopolitical Tensions Between China & The West
Episode 21 - https://youtu.be/fOMSvNiixA0
AI & In-vitro Fertilization [IVF]
Episode 22 - https://youtu.be/EQPpRhIV6Kw
AI & Human Intelligence: A Complex Relationship
Episode 23 - https://youtu.be/EAbQ7stY7JQ
AI Upends the World of Structural Biology
Episode 24 - https://youtu.be/Bsb1F8uoBpA
AI & COVID-19: An Extraordinary Contribution
Episode 25 - https://youtu.be/PqL5PCRc8tA
AI, Connectomics & Transhumanism: the Future of Humankind
Episode 26 - https://youtu.be/HI8Zjl8VM8U
Dramatic Upheaval Inside Google's Ethical AI Team
Episode 27 - https://youtu.be/TqWwJYc2GxQ
AI & Cyber Espionage | How Will the Sunburst Attack Affect Our Security?
Episode 28 - https://youtu.be/89BcThqgcfQ
AI & the Rapidly Escalating Threat from Deep Fake Videos
Episode 29 - https://youtu.be/zvOHRMmJNB4
AI, Facial Recognition Technology & The Digital Surveillance State
Episode 30 - https://youtu.be/br4ygfEWdk0
AI & Social Media | The Most Destructive AI We've Ever Seen?
Episode 31 - https://youtu.be/sOy12ii8zwM
The Democratization of AI & The 2021 Maiflower Expedition | Plymouth, England to Plymouth, MA
Episode 32 - https://youtu.be/bixdLL74reE
Sino-American Cold War | A Blessing in Disguise for America?
Episode 33 - https://youtu.be/tTRm312DgMc
AI & the Tyranny of Meritocracy
Episode 34 - https://youtu.be/FpPzC5VP6GM
In the Midst of Chaos and Pandemic | A Big AI Announcement From the Trump Administration
Episode 35 - https://youtu.be/bK3xCBwrG8w
Artificial Super Intelligence – Can We Control It?
Episode 36 - https://youtu.be/Rc60DQ0L86Q
A New America | Hope with a Big Dose of Caution
Episode 37 - https://youtu.be/UBenYYHbYqM
Will AI [Science & Tech] Benefit From a New Cold War with China?
Episode 38 - https://youtu.be/JewJnPywnOU
Will AI Eventually Replace All Other Forms of Government?
Episode 39 - https://youtu.be/ibuJ8vozyqg
Will AI Perpetuate Bias in Employment, Health Systems, Law and Society?
Episode 40 - https://youtu.be/IJYbPfGC-08
AI | Will it be the Bain of Cyber Criminals?
Episode 41 - https://youtu.be/ozrO5_XTYKQ
AI | What Will it Mean for the Future of Work?
Episode 42 - https://youtu.be/kDKapDK-Vb0
AI | A Harbinger for the End of Democracy?
Vicar Sayeedi
February 22, 2021
It’s a strange time in American history. On one hand, America’s scientific and technical competency and prowess have reached staggering heights while on the other hand our governance has reached previously unimaginable lows in its ability to effectively respond to crises.
It’s been just over a year since the outbreak of the COVID-19 Coronavirus in China’s Wuhan Province and already a number of American and European companies including Johnson & Johnson-Janssen, Moderna, Novavax, Oxford/Astra Zeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech have successfully developed and trialed highly effective and safe vaccines. The data now being reported from around the world and published in peer reviewed academic journals indicates that Pfizer/BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine is showing efficacy of nearly 90% after just a single dose and that it is also nearly as effective in containing transmissibility. The Western scientific community has done nothing less than a brilliant job in developing this and so many other vaccines that will benefit humankind by saving countless lives. Normally, it can take ten or more years to develop safe and effective vaccines but in the span of under one year we now have at least five vaccines through Phase 3 in the clinical trial process. It’s a truly admirable and unprecedented performance!
As of today, the Pandemic continues to rage around the world and we now have 111 million cases with 2.5 million deaths. 500,000 of those deaths have occurred in the United States, alone. But in the midst of this chaos and tragedy, the entire planet’s economy has effectively been running on American software, systems and technology and has done so without so much as a hiccup. Thousands of conference calls now take place daily on video platforms provided by companies including Cisco-WebEx, Microsoft-Teams and Zoom effectively bringing together participants from around the world so they can collaborate and solve problems in the digital domain. At the same time, millions of consumers around the world are able to order books, hand sanitizer, face masks, groceries and virtually any other product they need or want from on-line e-commerce platforms like Amazon and they are able to keep in touch with family, friends and professional colleagues on social media platforms from Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and WhatsApp. In the evening, they can relax and watch endless hours of streaming videos on Amazon Prime, Hulu and Netflix.
Just last week, guided by a diverse group of brilliant male and female scientists and technologists, we witnessed the surreal footage from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories of the Perseverance Rover’s effortless landing on the surface of Mars. It was understandably hard not to feel a sense of pride in being an American as we watched that truly extraordinary moment unfold on our cell phones and laptops.
At the same time, though, given the openness of our democratic society and the freedom of speech enshrined in the First Amendment to our Constitution, our free and independent press, our Fourth Estate also covered the extraordinary failings of the American government and that of other leading Western democratic nations as they capitulated in dramatic fashion as they attempted to test, trace, quarantine and vaccinate their societies. It has been a truly humbling display and a realization of how poor our governance has really become in the world’s leading democracies, particularly in the US, the UK and the EU. After nearly 40 years of effort by leading politicians in the US and the UK to delegitimize government in the eyes of its citizens and then subsequently to defund so many critical government agencies and functions – “The deconstruction of the Administrative State” as Steve Bannon put it –we now find ourselves turning to these very same agencies and institutions to provide leadership and service in a time of grave global crisis.
Before the onset of the Pandemic in early 2020, many would have expected the United States to lead the world in rapidly and effectively containing the Pandemic within its own borders using its expertise in public health and related scientific and technological innovations for tracking and tracing while simultaneously providing leadership to the rest of the world in exactly how to contain the virus. All public health authorities in leading democratic nations in the West understand that America and other leading Western European nations must use their best in class capabilities and take the lead in formulating a plan to inoculate the rest of the world since unless the entire world population is vaccinated, the virus is likely to continue to mutate into new, evasive and perhaps ever more potent variants. Then we have the very real quagmire that vaccines and vaccinated people will once again be at risk and the social fabric will continue to fray as socioeconomic and political fall out is further exacerbated.
As a result of these catastrophic failures in public health administration and the resulting deaths and economic damage, the evidence is clear: people around the world are feeling increasingly gloomy in their outlook for democracy and its ability to retain its role as the best in class form of governance for the future. An unintended and worrisome consequence of this emerging reality is that we are inadvertently strengthening the hand of Right Wing Authoritarian regimes.
For quite some time, many thought leaders in political science have believed that working class people in the West have been turning away from center left social democratic parties and towards far right Authoritarian populists in America and Europe because these workers feel they’ve been left behind after more than thirty years of Globalization. Workers feel that center left parties who were supposed to represent their interests have instead negotiated trade deals that serve the interests of financial and industrial elites and that workers like them never had a seat at the table as these trade deals were consummated. Brexit in the UK, the Gilets Jaunes or Yellow Vest movement in France and the Trump/MAGA phenomenon in America are each an important example of such working class revolts against Globalization. The proliferation of conspiracy theories and straw man arguments, the rejection of facts and guidance from public health officials and the formation of unsavory movements in dark corners of the Internet are all consequences of this profound loss of faith in democracy and trust in government.
At the same time, though, Globalization doesn’t explain the rise of far right Authoritarian populism in countries and regions as diverse as India, Brazil, Eastern Europe or Turkey where working class people have largely been significant beneficiaries of Globalization. Perhaps then, a key reason that so many citizens around the world have turned their back on Democracy is because the world has become far too complicated and too many citizens just don’t understand the issues. In such a scenario, they’d rather have a strongman who promises to make everything ok and tells them not to worry. He [it’s almost always a man] says he will take care of everything for the people and they needn’t bother to understand these complex matters. It’s a very appealing message; citizens only need to send money when asked and to rise up in revolt when called upon. Other than these modest requirements, they needn’t worry themselves over the complexities of our modern world.
Unfortunately, the people are right in their reticence towards the complexity of the modern world. Science and technology are playing an increasingly important role in society and in the socioeconomic future of everyone and too many people don’t know what to make of it all. The problem is greatly exacerbated by the fact that democracy requires the electorate to be informed and capable of thinking critically about the issues of the day but in America we’ve defunded education to such a degree that in the last election cycle 75% of the electorate could not name the three branches of government let alone articulate the implications of 4th Industrial Revolution sciences and technologies including Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Computing and Data Science. The people no longer understand the basic function of government let alone the implications of State Surveillance or Surveillance Capitalism upon their lives.
If we visit societies in Northern Europe, we find that they also have about the same percentage of foreign-born citizens – about 15-20% – in their countries and they also face similar challenges posed by unmitigated Globalization. But these societies are much more educated so they’re able to think critically about the issues of the day. They do have Right Wing Authoritarian tendencies in their societies to contend with but the competency and technocratic leadership within their government results in a much greater level of trust for authorities. Their governments have performed much better than the US and UK in managing societal change during the decades since the onset of Globalization. They have social safety nets that cushion the blow of the changing environment in the workplace and they have worked to retrain workers and provide healthcare and education across the society. As a result, they are not facing the grave challenges to their democratic way of life as that seen in the US and the UK.
Unfortunately, as we go forward, technologies such as Artificial Intelligence will be excellent tools for Authoritarian regimes to strengthen their grip on power through AI enabled state surveillance and through biotechnology. This means the challenges faced by the KGB in the Soviet Union and the East German Stasi during the Cold War in the 20th century will not be an issue for modern day Authoritarian regimes. So if we are determined to preserve our democratic way of life as enshrined in our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, the only way to mitigate the risk of Authoritarianism in the United States and in the rest of the Developed World will be through a rapid and profound rededication to investment in education for all our citizens. The ideological challenge posed by the Soviet Union in the middle of the last century pushed the West to rise to the challenge. Perhaps the emerging Cold War with China will have a similar effect. Let us hope.
Vicar Sayeedi is a Computer Scientist and Engineer, a Lecturer and a Consultant. Vicar is also the author of several books. His most recent book is about Artificial Intelligence and is titled, The Génome Affair.
Vicar is most interested in the big questions facing humankind. He is particularly focused on studying at the confluence of the five great disciplines of Human History, Political Science and Thought, International Affairs, Science and Technology. This intersection offers a deep understanding and pedagogically important lessons of how advances in human endeavor have influenced and impacted civilization.
Vicar has been writing books, essays and poetry for many years. For the past 30 years, Vicar has worked in the Technology and Pharmaceutical industries. He is currently a Consultant in the Life Sciences Industry and lives in suburban Chicago with his wife and their three grown children [if they decide to visit during the holidays!]
You can find Vicar’s recent book on AI, The Génome Affair on Amazon at this link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YQ7M9Q7
The most recent episodes of Vicar’s ai & u! Podcast are on YouTube at the following links:
Episode 1 - https://youtu.be/yNYr28jtY_k
What is Artificial Intelligence? What is Human Intelligence?
Episode 2 - https://youtu.be/kAEgDNh1Nwc
How Did We Get Here? Machine Learning, Neural Networks & the AI Lexicon, Exciting AI Agents
Episode 3 - https://youtu.be/3PYCyv1pCgM
Deep Mind - How Powerful is Narrow AI? State Surveillance and Surveillance Capitalism
Episode 4 - https://youtu.be/WvobCMIM_H4
Impact on Societies That Possess Artificial Intelligence Versus Those that Do Not!
Episode 5 - https://youtu.be/4JVpvm4g79g
Surveillance Capitalism, Surveillance State, 4th Industrial Revolution, Bifurcation of Sapiens
Episode 6 - https://youtu.be/e1q2GgcWQok
AI, Blockchain & Quantum Computing - Implications for Global and National Governance
Episode 7 - https://youtu.be/4bDSUvrOdd4
Popular Perceptions of Intelligence, the Seat of Human Intelligence and Implications for AI
Episode 8 - https://youtu.be/3GjHqQZL7Pk
AI - Why Should I care? Plus Exciting Updates from Elon Musk and Neuralink!
Episode 9 - https://youtu.be/enpecqDecC8
AI - Excellence, Innovation & Genius
Episode 10 - https://youtu.be/UsriESlTjdA
Implications for AI as China and the West Decouple
Episode 11 - https://youtu.be/0CpaMb-yw3g
Artificial Intelligence: Ethics, Law & Society
Episode 12 - https://youtu.be/PLzodrLWMq0
AI & Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Episode 13 - https://youtu.be/Lm_nrNyJRbA
AI & the Future of Work in Industry 4.0 – the 4th Industrial Revolution
Episode 14 - https://youtu.be/_3E1Mhr_Dt8
Artificial Intelligence and its Implications for Authoritarianism and Democracy
Episode 15 - https://youtu.be/IpMUqHOEd7w
Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness & the Future of Homo Sapiens
Episode 16 - https://youtu.be/mIf7_VMzGKo
AI and its Implications for America's Political Environment
Episode 17 - https://youtu.be/gsMRPnovZGI
Special Episode: Reading From The Génome Affair
Episode 18 - https://youtu.be/UxNxtWDCREM
Artificial Intelligence - Digital Tyranny, Datocracy and the Imitation Game
Episode 19 - https://youtu.be/Db8U0QQWWuY
Does Artificial Intelligence Really Replicate Human Intelligence?
Episode 20 - https://youtu.be/Np18AEq-6DM
AI & Rising Geopolitical Tensions Between China & The West
Episode 21 - https://youtu.be/fOMSvNiixA0
AI & In-vitro Fertilization [IVF]
Episode 22 - https://youtu.be/EQPpRhIV6Kw
AI & Human Intelligence: A Complex Relationship
Episode 23 - https://youtu.be/EAbQ7stY7JQ
AI Upends the World of Structural Biology
Episode 24 - https://youtu.be/Bsb1F8uoBpA
AI & COVID-19: An Extraordinary Contribution
Episode 25 - https://youtu.be/PqL5PCRc8tA
AI, Connectomics & Transhumanism: the Future of Humankind
Episode 26 - https://youtu.be/HI8Zjl8VM8U
Dramatic Upheaval Inside Google's Ethical AI Team
Episode 27 - https://youtu.be/TqWwJYc2GxQ
AI & Cyber Espionage | How Will the Sunburst Attack Affect Our Security?
Episode 28 - https://youtu.be/89BcThqgcfQ
AI & the Rapidly Escalating Threat from Deep Fake Videos
Episode 29 - https://youtu.be/zvOHRMmJNB4
AI, Facial Recognition Technology & The Digital Surveillance State
Episode 30 - https://youtu.be/br4ygfEWdk0
AI & Social Media | The Most Destructive AI We've Ever Seen?
Episode 31 - https://youtu.be/sOy12ii8zwM
The Democratization of AI & The 2021 Maiflower Expedition | Plymouth, England to Plymouth, MA
Episode 32 - https://youtu.be/bixdLL74reE
Sino-American Cold War | A Blessing in Disguise for America?
Episode 33 - https://youtu.be/tTRm312DgMc
AI & the Tyranny of Meritocracy
Episode 34 - https://youtu.be/FpPzC5VP6GM
In the Midst of Chaos and Pandemic | A Big AI Announcement From the Trump Administration
Episode 35 - https://youtu.be/bK3xCBwrG8w
Artificial Super Intelligence – Can We Control It?
Episode 36 - https://youtu.be/Rc60DQ0L86Q
A New America | Hope with a Big Dose of Caution
Episode 37 - https://youtu.be/UBenYYHbYqM
Will AI [Science & Tech] Benefit From a New Cold War with China?
Episode 38 - https://youtu.be/JewJnPywnOU
Will AI Eventually Replace All Other Forms of Government?
Episode 39 - https://youtu.be/ibuJ8vozyqg
Will AI Perpetuate Bias in Employment, Health Systems, Law and Society?
Episode 40 - https://youtu.be/IJYbPfGC-08
AI | Will it be the Bain of Cyber Criminals?
Episode 41 - https://youtu.be/ozrO5_XTYKQ
AI | What Will it Mean for the Future of Work?
Episode 42 - https://youtu.be/kDKapDK-Vb0
AI | A Harbinger for the End of Democracy?
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