Current:Home > reviewsBots, bootleggers and Baptists -AssetVision
Bots, bootleggers and Baptists
View
Date:2025-04-15 16:07:56
We're used to industries asking for less regulation, not more. But that's exactly what happened last week when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified before Congress. Seated next to Sam Altman was emeritus professor Gary Marcus. Gary is a cognitive scientist warning about the dangers of AI. And he agreed.
Today on the show: how these two men — a corporate titan and a cautious professor — found themselves aligned in pursuit of AI regulation.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
veryGood! (6188)
Related
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- Hawaii's lawmakers mull imposing fees to pay for ecotourism crush
- Where Are Interest Rates Going?
- Cash App creator Bob Lee, 43, is killed in San Francisco
- Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
- A U.K. agency has fined TikTok nearly $16 million for handling of children's data
- Kelsea Ballerini Struck in the Face By Object While Performing Onstage in Idaho
- Plan to Save North Dakota Coal Plant Faces Intense Backlash from Minnesotans Who Would Help Pay for It
- Kylie Jenner Shows Off Sweet Notes From Nieces Dream Kardashian & Chicago West
- Warming Trends: Smelly Beaches in Florida Deterred Tourists, Plus the Dearth of Climate Change in Pop Culture and Threats to the Colorado River
Ranking
- Jorge Ramos reveals his final day with 'Noticiero Univision': 'It's been quite a ride'
- New Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation Would Protect Activists and Whistleblowers From Abusive Lawsuits
- How One Native American Tribe is Battling for Control Over Flaring
- Ocean Warming Doubles Odds for Extreme Atlantic Hurricane Seasons
- Hackers hit Rhode Island benefits system in major cyberattack. Personal data could be released soon
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Officially Move Out of Frogmore Cottage
- The New US Climate Law Will Reduce Carbon Emissions and Make Electricity Less Expensive, Economists Say
- Corn-Based Ethanol May Be Worse For the Climate Than Gasoline, a New Study Finds
Recommendation
Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
The pharmaceutical industry urges courts to preserve access to abortion pill
Will There Be a Barbie Movie Sequel? Margot Robbie Says...
The EPA proposes tighter limits on toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants
Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
Oil and Gas Companies ‘Flare’ or ‘Vent’ Excess Natural Gas. It’s Like Burning Money—and it’s Bad for the Environment
The Fed's radical new bank band-aid
Nature’s Say: How Voices from Hawai’i Are Reframing the Climate Conversation
Like
- The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, watchdog finds
- Plan to Save North Dakota Coal Plant Faces Intense Backlash from Minnesotans Who Would Help Pay for It
- Zac Efron Shares Rare Photo With Little Sister Olivia and Brother Henry During the Greatest Circus Trip