AI, Climate Change & Pandemics | A Case for Global Governance?
AI, Climate Change & Pandemics | A Case for Global Governance?
Vicar Sayeedi
December 13, 2021
With each passing day, it is becoming increasingly clear that humankind’s intelligentsia must reimagine how to structure a new form of collective governance for the remainder of the 21st century. We must architect a fit for purpose polity for our world if we are to successfully respond to the challenges we are currently facing and can expect to face in the coming decades. The current world order developed in the wake of WW2 is no longer fit for this purpose.
With the increase in globalization and the resulting challenges we collectively face – economic, environmental, political and public health crises that are increasingly existential in nature – it is apparent to the plurality of political scientists, public intellectuals and scholars that our 20th century institutional status quo for governance – African Union, American hegemony, European Union, Association of South East Asian Nations [ASEAN], sovereign nation states and the United Nations – is simply not the right set of bodies or the right framework for governance if we are to effectively confront the series of challenges we currently face and can expect to face as developments continue to unfold before us at an unprecedented rate. The sooner we convene our brightest minds to reimagine governance and a corresponding set of multilateral institutions for this rapidly unfolding reality, the better – at present our future looks extremely alarming.
A case in point for this argument is the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. To date, perhaps ten million people have died as a result of the rapid spread of the primary variant and subsequent variants, most notably the Delta variant. It will take some time before we fully understand the risk we face from the Omicron variant – and others that may follow in its wake – particularly as we continue to struggle with vaccinating large segments of the population in the Developing World. But we must consider ourselves fortunate: the Spanish Flu [originated in Kansas and carried across the Atlantic by American GI’s bound for the European theatre of war] that took hold in the waning years of WW1 killed three times more people [50 million] than that dreadful Great War [16 million]. We have received a warning from nature: next time, a pandemic may be orders of magnitude more infectious and deadly.
Another important case becomes evident when we evaluate humankind’s collective response to the most profound existential threat we have ever faced: Climate Change. Following the recent COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow, academics and public intellectuals across both the Developed and Developing World were alarmed and disheveled by the apathetic response from World Leaders [both economic and political] as demonstrated by their feeble commitments in the wake of incontrovertible evidence. It was deeply worrisome, and our plurality of multilateral institutions were all but powerless in redirecting them.
With regards to the threat posed to humankind from 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies including Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology [gene and germline editing], humankind’s response has been largely muted. German labor economists forecast that 800 million jobs will be directly or indirectly affected by AI as it displaces human workers, and this is equal to the disruption from Climate Change by the end of this decade. Undoubtedly, both AI and Climate Change will cause upheaval on a scale perhaps a hundred times greater than the current Coronavirus Pandemic, yet our leaders [both economic and political] are largely silent and unwilling to change course. Once again, our existing systems of governance are inept in redirecting the parties involved or those most responsible for carbon emissions.
Today, America is the closest thing the world has to a global government. With a military budget three times that of China [we only realize how remarkable this is when we consider that China’s military spending is greater than that of the next four largest economies - France, Germany, Italy and the UK – combined]. America also has fifty-nine Treaty Alliances and eight hundred permanent military installations around the world. If the US President decides, there is little anyone in the world can do to fend off the wrath of American military power.
Although the deployment of American power can be disheartening or even infuriating for many, the consensus opinion amongst political scientists, public intellectuals and scholars of International Relations and Political Science is that American hegemony in the Post WW2 era has been, on balance, a positive for the world. Statistically, the Earth is a much safer place as a result of the security provided by the deployment of American power. No doubt, many mistakes have been made in the post WW2 era [some still remain secret] and the financial and political damage has been severe. Thus, in the wake of a pressing need for a new polity for the 21st century, perhaps American power can be better contained via AI-enabled intelligence and security monitoring that has the potential to be far more error free. However, this is far from guaranteed.
The European Union is also a remarkably effective microcosm of a model for global government – although only twenty-seven nations in Europe are members and although there is considerable disquiet as of late, the overall project to unite so many disparate cultures, histories, languages and religious sects with profound differences amongst them has been a role model for the African Union and for ASEAN in terms of what is possible, economically as well as politically.
No doubt the Arab League and the Organization for Islamic Cooperation have observed the success of the European Union but their general intolerance and lack of value for pluralism has precluded their ability to replicate the EU model. This is generally the case in the African Union as well as in ASEAN and the cultures of the Far East – although developed and economically successful [ASEAN], tolerance and pluralism remain absent but critical biomarkers for a society’s ability to adapt to change. Adaptability, many readers will remember, was the critical didact from Charles Darwin’s seminal work, “On the Origin of Species”. It is from Darwin we have learned that all species must continuously adapt to a changing environment if they are to avoid extinction.
The third extraordinary model of successful global governance is the United Nations, the successor to the League of Nations that was founded in the wake of WW1, the Great War. Today’s UN is the only world body encompassing 196 member states, a group of nations that participate of their own accord. Although the UN faces numerous challenges to its leadership and is often undermined by powerful donor members who control seats on the Security Council, it does offer humankind’s intelligentsia a glimpse of what is possible and what we might be able to achieve if we can find a point of confluence between the UN and the other multilateral institutions referenced in this essay.
In summary, we do need to act soon. The longer we wait, the more damage we will do and the more the existential risks will multiply, eventually to a point where our descent into the abyss is rendered irreversible. We must remember Darwin’s critical adaptability didact, vis a vis “The Origin of Species”, if we are to avoid the fate of so many other species of hominins who are no longer with us.
Vicar Sayeedi is a Computer Scientist and Engineer, a Lecturer and a Consultant. He is also the author of several books. His most recent book is about Artificial Intelligence and is titled, The Génome Affair.
Vicar has lectured widely about Artificial Intelligence. In December 2021, Vicar will lecture in the Embassy of France – Office of Science & Technology, Washington DC. Vicar has recently lectured in New York at the National Hemophilia Foundation about AI & the Life Sciences. He has also lectured in London in the Royal Boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster, in Sunnyvale in Silicon Valley, the National Library of Singapore as well as in Düsseldorf [with invitations extended to Amsterdam, Berlin, Cologne, Rome, Stockholm & Vienna] on AI and its implications for individuals and societies. Vicar has lectured at leading companies, as well.
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. For geopolitical technologists, 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.
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?
Episode 43 - https://youtu.be/7XeNyE8CA9I
AI & the Life Sciences | Developments in Connectomics & Radiology
Episode 44 - https://youtu.be/mWaPW_UolVo
AI & Geopolitics | Critical Strategic Planning in the Age of China
Episode 45 - https://youtu.be/qOSOc3vJRBk
AI & Humankind | What Might the Future Hold?
Episode 46 - https://youtu.be/atMSV1WAFkg
AI Enabled Surveillance | An Important Tool to Contain Dangerous Personality Traits?
Episode 47 - https://youtu.be/kz7-EDmlGXc
Will AI Favor Authoritarianism or Democracy?
Episode 48 - https://youtu.be/uTvKWQgdOaI
AI | A Key Enabler of Universal Basic Income?
Episode 49 - https://youtu.be/sy48Xqo-3qM
AI & The Future of Government, Industry, Markets &Trade
Episode 50 - https://youtu.be/JU1oGzb5TS0
AI & Surveillance | America’s New Strategy in the Middle East
Episode 51 - https://youtu.be/nOCQjUxLWJY
AI-Enabled Global Government | An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Episode 52 - https://youtu.be/g1VJqiI3HyE
AI & Healthcare | What Will the Future Look Like? Will it be More Equitable?
Episode 53 - https://youtu.be/ie9KAg_kF7Q
AI & Surveillance | The Ethical Dilemma of Facial Recognition Software
Episode 54 - https://youtu.be/ie9KAg_kF7Q
AI & Regulation | Europe is Leading the Way
Episode 55 - https://youtu.be/l-gcYTZMsm8
AI & Consciousness | Will Machines Soon be Sentient?
Episode 56 - https://youtu.be/-8BaouCn9cs
AI & Regulation | Europe Announces New Rules
Episode 57 - https://youtu.be/243zm7aHImQ
AI & Human Emotion Recognition | Is it Inherently Flawed?
Episode 58 - https://youtu.be/rdXllGj8rbo
AI & Autonomous Vehicles | Where are We Now?
Episode 59 - https://youtu.be/EMbqpN5mbqw
AI & the 4 Little Trees | More on Emotion Recognition
Episode 60 - https://youtu.be/K5wtkj-VTrk
AI & the Colonial Pipeline Attack | Cyber Threats are Growing Rapidly
Episode 61 - https://youtu.be/03KysO3VJgI
AI & the Coronavirus | A Postmortem
Episode 62 - https://youtu.be/7wmSIWgbuQI
AI on the Battlefield | The Conflict in Gaza
Episode 63 - https://youtu.be/a_1AmLJD3lo
AI and Xenophobia | Will We Finally Break the Cycle?
Episode 64 - https://youtu.be/9s-Go1TYK9c
AI, Cyber Attacks & the Future of War | Where are We Headed?
Episode 65 - https://youtu.be/1nKbTMzfpqM
Artificial Intelligence | Humankind’s Final and Greatest Invention
Episode 66 - https://youtu.be/cplR62KTa88
America & the 4th Industrial Revolution | Where do We Go From Here?
Episode 67 - https://youtu.be/RMrqreI-PRw
Artificial Intelligence | [Digital] Life After Death
Episode 68 - https://youtu.be/KzR8NkVdT0Q
Artificial Intelligence | The Fear Factor
Episode 69 - https://youtu.be/BI0HqACc4Ek
Artificial Intelligence | The Trust Factor
Episode 70 - https://youtu.be/nKhqVtQC_NI
Artificial Intelligence | Implications for the Future of Democracy
Episode 71 - https://youtu.be/GKD5hXmnpTU
Artificial Intelligence | Deep Fakes & Pornography
Episode 72 - https://youtu.be/KJdoBm5Kmw8
Artificial Intelligence | Working in the 21st Century
Episode 73 - https://youtu.be/lLY6gF_eeas
AI & Disinformation | Implications for Democracy & Geopolitics
Episode 74 - https://youtu.be/URsauWURj5A
AI, Climate Change & Pandemics | A Case for Global Governance?
Episode 75 -
AI, Authoritarianism & Democracy | What Does the Future Hold?
Vicar Sayeedi
December 13, 2021
With each passing day, it is becoming increasingly clear that humankind’s intelligentsia must reimagine how to structure a new form of collective governance for the remainder of the 21st century. We must architect a fit for purpose polity for our world if we are to successfully respond to the challenges we are currently facing and can expect to face in the coming decades. The current world order developed in the wake of WW2 is no longer fit for this purpose.
With the increase in globalization and the resulting challenges we collectively face – economic, environmental, political and public health crises that are increasingly existential in nature – it is apparent to the plurality of political scientists, public intellectuals and scholars that our 20th century institutional status quo for governance – African Union, American hegemony, European Union, Association of South East Asian Nations [ASEAN], sovereign nation states and the United Nations – is simply not the right set of bodies or the right framework for governance if we are to effectively confront the series of challenges we currently face and can expect to face as developments continue to unfold before us at an unprecedented rate. The sooner we convene our brightest minds to reimagine governance and a corresponding set of multilateral institutions for this rapidly unfolding reality, the better – at present our future looks extremely alarming.
A case in point for this argument is the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. To date, perhaps ten million people have died as a result of the rapid spread of the primary variant and subsequent variants, most notably the Delta variant. It will take some time before we fully understand the risk we face from the Omicron variant – and others that may follow in its wake – particularly as we continue to struggle with vaccinating large segments of the population in the Developing World. But we must consider ourselves fortunate: the Spanish Flu [originated in Kansas and carried across the Atlantic by American GI’s bound for the European theatre of war] that took hold in the waning years of WW1 killed three times more people [50 million] than that dreadful Great War [16 million]. We have received a warning from nature: next time, a pandemic may be orders of magnitude more infectious and deadly.
Another important case becomes evident when we evaluate humankind’s collective response to the most profound existential threat we have ever faced: Climate Change. Following the recent COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow, academics and public intellectuals across both the Developed and Developing World were alarmed and disheveled by the apathetic response from World Leaders [both economic and political] as demonstrated by their feeble commitments in the wake of incontrovertible evidence. It was deeply worrisome, and our plurality of multilateral institutions were all but powerless in redirecting them.
With regards to the threat posed to humankind from 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies including Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology [gene and germline editing], humankind’s response has been largely muted. German labor economists forecast that 800 million jobs will be directly or indirectly affected by AI as it displaces human workers, and this is equal to the disruption from Climate Change by the end of this decade. Undoubtedly, both AI and Climate Change will cause upheaval on a scale perhaps a hundred times greater than the current Coronavirus Pandemic, yet our leaders [both economic and political] are largely silent and unwilling to change course. Once again, our existing systems of governance are inept in redirecting the parties involved or those most responsible for carbon emissions.
Today, America is the closest thing the world has to a global government. With a military budget three times that of China [we only realize how remarkable this is when we consider that China’s military spending is greater than that of the next four largest economies - France, Germany, Italy and the UK – combined]. America also has fifty-nine Treaty Alliances and eight hundred permanent military installations around the world. If the US President decides, there is little anyone in the world can do to fend off the wrath of American military power.
Although the deployment of American power can be disheartening or even infuriating for many, the consensus opinion amongst political scientists, public intellectuals and scholars of International Relations and Political Science is that American hegemony in the Post WW2 era has been, on balance, a positive for the world. Statistically, the Earth is a much safer place as a result of the security provided by the deployment of American power. No doubt, many mistakes have been made in the post WW2 era [some still remain secret] and the financial and political damage has been severe. Thus, in the wake of a pressing need for a new polity for the 21st century, perhaps American power can be better contained via AI-enabled intelligence and security monitoring that has the potential to be far more error free. However, this is far from guaranteed.
The European Union is also a remarkably effective microcosm of a model for global government – although only twenty-seven nations in Europe are members and although there is considerable disquiet as of late, the overall project to unite so many disparate cultures, histories, languages and religious sects with profound differences amongst them has been a role model for the African Union and for ASEAN in terms of what is possible, economically as well as politically.
No doubt the Arab League and the Organization for Islamic Cooperation have observed the success of the European Union but their general intolerance and lack of value for pluralism has precluded their ability to replicate the EU model. This is generally the case in the African Union as well as in ASEAN and the cultures of the Far East – although developed and economically successful [ASEAN], tolerance and pluralism remain absent but critical biomarkers for a society’s ability to adapt to change. Adaptability, many readers will remember, was the critical didact from Charles Darwin’s seminal work, “On the Origin of Species”. It is from Darwin we have learned that all species must continuously adapt to a changing environment if they are to avoid extinction.
The third extraordinary model of successful global governance is the United Nations, the successor to the League of Nations that was founded in the wake of WW1, the Great War. Today’s UN is the only world body encompassing 196 member states, a group of nations that participate of their own accord. Although the UN faces numerous challenges to its leadership and is often undermined by powerful donor members who control seats on the Security Council, it does offer humankind’s intelligentsia a glimpse of what is possible and what we might be able to achieve if we can find a point of confluence between the UN and the other multilateral institutions referenced in this essay.
In summary, we do need to act soon. The longer we wait, the more damage we will do and the more the existential risks will multiply, eventually to a point where our descent into the abyss is rendered irreversible. We must remember Darwin’s critical adaptability didact, vis a vis “The Origin of Species”, if we are to avoid the fate of so many other species of hominins who are no longer with us.
Vicar Sayeedi is a Computer Scientist and Engineer, a Lecturer and a Consultant. He is also the author of several books. His most recent book is about Artificial Intelligence and is titled, The Génome Affair.
Vicar has lectured widely about Artificial Intelligence. In December 2021, Vicar will lecture in the Embassy of France – Office of Science & Technology, Washington DC. Vicar has recently lectured in New York at the National Hemophilia Foundation about AI & the Life Sciences. He has also lectured in London in the Royal Boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster, in Sunnyvale in Silicon Valley, the National Library of Singapore as well as in Düsseldorf [with invitations extended to Amsterdam, Berlin, Cologne, Rome, Stockholm & Vienna] on AI and its implications for individuals and societies. Vicar has lectured at leading companies, as well.
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. For geopolitical technologists, 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.
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?
Episode 43 - https://youtu.be/7XeNyE8CA9I
AI & the Life Sciences | Developments in Connectomics & Radiology
Episode 44 - https://youtu.be/mWaPW_UolVo
AI & Geopolitics | Critical Strategic Planning in the Age of China
Episode 45 - https://youtu.be/qOSOc3vJRBk
AI & Humankind | What Might the Future Hold?
Episode 46 - https://youtu.be/atMSV1WAFkg
AI Enabled Surveillance | An Important Tool to Contain Dangerous Personality Traits?
Episode 47 - https://youtu.be/kz7-EDmlGXc
Will AI Favor Authoritarianism or Democracy?
Episode 48 - https://youtu.be/uTvKWQgdOaI
AI | A Key Enabler of Universal Basic Income?
Episode 49 - https://youtu.be/sy48Xqo-3qM
AI & The Future of Government, Industry, Markets &Trade
Episode 50 - https://youtu.be/JU1oGzb5TS0
AI & Surveillance | America’s New Strategy in the Middle East
Episode 51 - https://youtu.be/nOCQjUxLWJY
AI-Enabled Global Government | An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Episode 52 - https://youtu.be/g1VJqiI3HyE
AI & Healthcare | What Will the Future Look Like? Will it be More Equitable?
Episode 53 - https://youtu.be/ie9KAg_kF7Q
AI & Surveillance | The Ethical Dilemma of Facial Recognition Software
Episode 54 - https://youtu.be/ie9KAg_kF7Q
AI & Regulation | Europe is Leading the Way
Episode 55 - https://youtu.be/l-gcYTZMsm8
AI & Consciousness | Will Machines Soon be Sentient?
Episode 56 - https://youtu.be/-8BaouCn9cs
AI & Regulation | Europe Announces New Rules
Episode 57 - https://youtu.be/243zm7aHImQ
AI & Human Emotion Recognition | Is it Inherently Flawed?
Episode 58 - https://youtu.be/rdXllGj8rbo
AI & Autonomous Vehicles | Where are We Now?
Episode 59 - https://youtu.be/EMbqpN5mbqw
AI & the 4 Little Trees | More on Emotion Recognition
Episode 60 - https://youtu.be/K5wtkj-VTrk
AI & the Colonial Pipeline Attack | Cyber Threats are Growing Rapidly
Episode 61 - https://youtu.be/03KysO3VJgI
AI & the Coronavirus | A Postmortem
Episode 62 - https://youtu.be/7wmSIWgbuQI
AI on the Battlefield | The Conflict in Gaza
Episode 63 - https://youtu.be/a_1AmLJD3lo
AI and Xenophobia | Will We Finally Break the Cycle?
Episode 64 - https://youtu.be/9s-Go1TYK9c
AI, Cyber Attacks & the Future of War | Where are We Headed?
Episode 65 - https://youtu.be/1nKbTMzfpqM
Artificial Intelligence | Humankind’s Final and Greatest Invention
Episode 66 - https://youtu.be/cplR62KTa88
America & the 4th Industrial Revolution | Where do We Go From Here?
Episode 67 - https://youtu.be/RMrqreI-PRw
Artificial Intelligence | [Digital] Life After Death
Episode 68 - https://youtu.be/KzR8NkVdT0Q
Artificial Intelligence | The Fear Factor
Episode 69 - https://youtu.be/BI0HqACc4Ek
Artificial Intelligence | The Trust Factor
Episode 70 - https://youtu.be/nKhqVtQC_NI
Artificial Intelligence | Implications for the Future of Democracy
Episode 71 - https://youtu.be/GKD5hXmnpTU
Artificial Intelligence | Deep Fakes & Pornography
Episode 72 - https://youtu.be/KJdoBm5Kmw8
Artificial Intelligence | Working in the 21st Century
Episode 73 - https://youtu.be/lLY6gF_eeas
AI & Disinformation | Implications for Democracy & Geopolitics
Episode 74 - https://youtu.be/URsauWURj5A
AI, Climate Change & Pandemics | A Case for Global Governance?
Episode 75 -
AI, Authoritarianism & Democracy | What Does the Future Hold?
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