Today is the anniversary of Open AI’s launch of ChatGPT, a tool which brought AI out of the realm of sci-fi and right to our fingertips. AI seems to have crept into every facet of our lives in that one year, and it’s hard to know if that’s a good or bad thing–especially in light of the chaos wrought by OpenAI’s recent firing and rehiring of their co-founder Sam Altman.

Sometimes it feels like the battle lines are drawn–you can be for or against AI–and the stakes are high. So in this episode of Next Question, Katie is joined by her plus one, Vivian Schiller, in conversation with data scientists and AI ambassadors Chris Wiggins and Vilas Dhar, to sort through some of the noise.

The panel covers a lot of ground, but remains grounded in real-world examples (and there are several acronyms defined!), to rationally consider what AI can and should do for us now, what risks we should keep an eye on, and who needs to be involved in the conversation shaping AI’s next chapter.

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0:00 Intro
4:26 What is AI?
11:50 AI is still pretty dumb
13:11 Does AI have the capacity to be sentient?
16:40 What is AGI?
19:35 Have you used ChatGPT?
22:31 Using AI for medical diagnostics
25:19 How biased is AI?
30:18 What happened with Sam Altman at OpenAI?
35:10 What is Q*?
39:06 How difficult is it to regulate AI?
48:14 How much will AI change in a few years?
52:56 How could AI be used in the wrong hands?
54:52 How will AI affect the 2024 election?