Five Things You Need to Know About AI Right Now

Five things you need to know about AI right now

Last month I gave a talk at SXSW London called “Five things you need to know about AI”—my personal picks for the five most important ideas in AI right now.  I aimed the talk at a general audience, and it serves as a quick tour of how I’m thinking about AI in 2025. I’m sharing it here in case you’re interested. I think the talk has something for everyone. There’s some fun stuff in there. I even make jokes! The video is now available (thank you, S…

Politico: 5 Questions for Vilas Dhar

Hello, and welcome to today’s edition of the Future in Five Questions. Steven interviewed Vilas Dhar, president and trustee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, a philanthropic organization spending millions of dollars to build artificial intelligence for the public good. Dhar argues there’s a power struggle between humans and machines, and that if we want humans to win, that means thinking beyond just regulations, and finding ways to strength…