The Ai Element

In this bonus interview, historian, researcher and former TV star Jonnie Penn is joined by our Head of Public Policy and Government Relations Marc-Etienne Ouimette to talk about the history of AI. In the interview, Jonnie looks to the past to help answer a number of important questions about the future of AI. For instance, what parts of our social system do we not want to optimize? Who does this technological progress actually benefit? And how can more young people get involved in decision making processes surrounding tech?    1:19 - Jonnie Penn 1:25 - The Buried Life  1:54 - Berkman Klein Center 2:05 - MIT Media Lab 4:22 - Machines Who Think - Pamela McCorduck  23:21 - ‘Don’t Join a Union, Pop a Pill’ - Katrina Forrester  26:03 - The troubling case of the young japanese reporter who worked herself to death - Washington Post 27:14 - Germinal (novel) - Wikipedia   32:08 - The Cybernetic Brain - Andrew Pickering  42:52 - Marvin Minsky - Wikipedia  44:40 - Jonnie Penn - Twitter    Other links:  Jonnie Penn Pu