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Should We, and Can We, Put the Brakes on Artificial Intelligence?

Sam Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, which created ChatGPT, says that artificial intelligence is a powerful tool that will streamline human work and quicken the pace of scientific advancement. But ChatGPT has both enthralled and terrified us, and even some of A.I.’s pioneers are freaked out by the technology and how quickly it has advanced. David Remnick talks with Altman, and with the computer scientist Yoshua Bengio, who won the prestigious Turing Award for his work in 2018, but recently signed an open letter calling for a moratorium on some A.I. research until regulation can be implemented. The stakes, Bengio says, are high: “I believe there is a non-negligible risk that this kind of technology, in the short term, could disrupt democracies.” Plus, Masha Gessen brings the story of a gay activist targeted by the Russian government, and discusses why repression of L.G.B.T.Q. people is becoming more widespread around the world.see more
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The Future of the GOP

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The California Republican Convention begins this weekend in Burlingame with the theme "rebuild, renew, reclaim." With Democratic Governor Jerry Brown boasting high approval ratings, Republicans face a tough road in defeating Brown and retaking other statewide offices. We discuss the upcoming convention and challenges facing California Republicans in the coming year, and talk about the future of the national GOP five years after the Tea Party movement shook up U.S. politics.

Guests:

Bill Whalen, research fellow at the Hoover Institution, contributor at Hoover's Advancing a Free Society blog, and a regular columnist for the Sacramento Bee

Duf Sundheim, former chair of the California Republican Party, 2003-07

Harmeet Dhillon, vice chair of the California Republican Party, chair of the San Francisco Republican Party, and attorney at Dhillon & Smith LLP

Scott Shafer, reporter and host of KQED's The California Report

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