Sep 27, 2023
Toby Walsh is a professor and the Chief Scientist at UNSW’s new AI Institute and has spent the past 40 years researching artificial intelligence. He is the author of several books on AI including “2062: The world that AI made”. This presentation will discuss questions such as can we trust AI or will it increasingly deceive us? How can we ensure AI is harnessed as a force for good rather than for nefarious ends?
This is Part 2 of our two-part podcast. Here we will be talking with Toby about the worlds oldest profession (it is not what you think), autonomous vehicles, how parking stations and insurance will be a thing of the past and why the CEO of Volvo Australia called Toby on his way to an interview with ABC.
(1:55) - Just staying with that question of autonomy, but now moving to self driving cars. They talk about the dangers of self driving cars - at times I wish there were some artificial intelligence in the car.
(5:18) - How do we manage the 1%? In terms of the question around accountability, who do you blame?
(7:50) - I read somewhere that you were in a taxi on your way to an interview and you got a call from the CEO of Volvo.
(10:18) - When will we see the first legal case of car vs maker? Will we see an increase in lawsuits?
(11:22) – How do you think cities are going to change? Are cities going to become greener?
(15:21) – What timeframe are you talking in terms of autonomous vehicles? Is it already on the road in San Francisco?
(17:33) – What about health data? The whole insurance model works on the basis that we pool our risks. Does the whole insurance model begin to break down?
(22:06) – Wouldn’t you rather know the data so that you can then address it and alleviate it? Could having the data lead to beneficial side effects?
(24:07) – It’s been estimated that it would take an internet user something like 76 working days per year just to read all the things they’ve agreed to online.
(25:00) – One of the things I was most surprised in the book was the relationship you talk about between Big Tech and Big Oil.
(27:12) – Are you an optimist about what the future holds?