Preparing for AI: The AI Podcast for Everybody

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Welcome to Preparing for AI.  The AI podcast for everybody. We explore the human and social impacts of AI, including the effect of AI on jobs, safe development of AI, and where AI overlaps with sustainability. 

We dig deep into the barriers to change, the backlash that’s coming and put forward ideas for solutions and actions which individuals, organisations and society can take, and how you as an individual can get ready for what’s coming next !

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EMERGENCY EPISODE: Safe SuperIntelligence and Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Jun 26 2024 31 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Just a few days after we recorded our podcast re-launch and Matt's 'Call to Arms' on mitigating the risks of development of AI, llya Sutskever emerged from the wilderness. He announced, with very few details, the founding of Safe SuperIntelligence, with the implicit mission to build Superintelligent AI aligned with human values, to prevent catastrophic outcom

PODCAST RELAUNCH: It's time to urgently act on mitigating existential threats of AI

Jun 23 2024 53 mins  
Send us a Text Message."Preparing for AI" relaunches this week as the AI Podcast for Everybody. We are broadening our mission to raise awareness and to empower listeners to act on helping to stop the existential threat of unmitigated frontier model development. But is AI reallya looming existential threat or an overhyped fantasy? This episode of "Preparing for AI" tackles this prov

Comms & PR: It all comes down to trust, with special guest Daniel Lyons

Jun 18 2024 65 mins  
Send us a Text Message.After a couple of weeks away Preparing for AI is back and on the verge of a relaunch! Before we crack on with a deep dive into the Communications & PR industry we have a look at the AI developments that have most interested us over the past 2 weeks. Can Apple's integration of ChatGPT into Siri really coexist with their strong privacy stance? Find out as w

Jobs: Is the impact of AI on jobs heating up?

May 30 2024 54 mins  
Send us a Text Message.This week on "Preparing for AI," we tackle the sobering reality of job displacement due to AI advancements and the ethical dilemmas that come with new technologies. We kick off with a deep dive into Microsoft's Copilot Plus PCs, machines equipped with neural processing units to handle AI workloads locally. Imagine your computer not only working smarter but ma

AI Utopia v AI Dystopia Part II: Dystopia!

May 23 2024 66 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Prepare to confront the chilling possibilities of AI's evolution as Matt Cartwright and Jimmy Rhodes lead us through a harrowing exploration of its potential socio-economic impacts over the next quarter-century. We tackle the daunting scenario where unchecked AI advancements dictate warfare tactics, manipulate global narratives, and potentially dictate our ve

AI Utopia v AI Dystopia Part I: Utopia!

May 15 2024 50 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Imagine waking up to a world where technology isn't just a tool, but a compassionate partner in our daily lives. Our latest episode takes you through a visionary exploration of an AI-empowered utopia that's (maybe) just around the corner. We're painting a picture of a future enhanced by tech, where seamless human-AI interaction isn't just a dream—it's an im

Episode 10! Recent Developments in AI: Catchup on a crazy first 2 months

May 08 2024 74 mins  
Send us a Text Message.This week we celebrate a major podcast milestone with a bumper episode, as we look back on the incredible pace of change in the AI space since we launched just two months ago. We unwrap Open Source models like Meta's Llama 3—a paragon of efficiency that's reshaping the accessibility of AI technology and might just land in your living room. We'll traverse th

The Sustainability Series: Climind- An AI Enabler of Climate Solutions with special guest Karen Wang

May 01 2024 55 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Join the ranks of the enlightened as we sit down with Karen Wong, the mastermind behind Climind, a Large language model (LLM)-enabled copilot exclusively for climate change, which bridges the gap between data and effective climate actions for business. With the precision of AI and Karen's drive to innovate, we venture into a future where sustainability isn't

The Sustainability Series: Energy & AI with special guest Anders Hove

Apr 23 2024 53 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Prepare to have your perspectives on AI and energy sustainability reshaped, as Anders Hove from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies takes us on a journey through the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in the struggle against climate change, as well as the potential of AI as a barrier to achieving energy and climate goals. This episode unp

Translation: Helpful tools or a technological takeover?

Apr 16 2024 60 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Uncover the transformative role of AI in the translation industry as we are joined by Chris Ward, a seasoned freelance translator, to navigate the waves of change brought forth by technologies from Google and DeepL. We dissect the increasingly symbiotic relationship between human translators and machine translation tools, spotlighting why the human touch rema