Ep 225 Exploring AI Ethics and the Future of Humanity: An Interview with John C Havens

Ep 225 Exploring AI Ethics and the Future of Humanity: An Interview with John C Havens

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Ep 225 Exploring AI Ethics and the Future of Humanity: An Interview with John C Havens
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This week in light of the ongoing debates and discussion over the impact of Generative AI on work, society, and humanity I am publishing a re-edit of an interview from 2019 with John C Havens, the Executive Director of The IEEE Global Initiative on AI Ethics and their Sustainability Practice Lead 

John is a highly respected thought leader on artificial intelligence and ethics and the author of Heartificial Intelligence and Hacking Happiness. Long before AI entered our mainstream discourse John was working on the big ethical questions around AI. 

Although recorded in 2019 the issues we discuss are more pertinent today than they were then, including the negative externalities of technology; what we define as metrics of success for AI; the limits of exponential growth and innovation; finding a more human alternative to GDP;  prioritizing human and ecological wellbeing; personal data monetization, control, and privacy; changing economic paradigm in the purpose-driven world; and John’s vision for a more sustainable future society.

Now over to John

What We Discuss

00:00 Intro 

01:14 John’s serendipitous journey becoming an expert in AI Ethics

06:00 John’s perspective on AI and Robots and metrics of success 

08:30 Challenge of exponential growth

11:10 Moore’s Law impact on society 

16:00 Value of our personal data  

18:40 Creating our personal terms and conditions for data exchange 

25:00 Ethics and user-centric design for AI 

28:00 Ethically Aligned Design 

31:40 Discussing societal progress 

34:40 Evolving economic priorities and general progress indicators 

40:50 John’s principles and quick fire questions

Social Links 

Linkedin 

Twitter

Links in Show 

Heartificial Intelligence

Martin Seligman

Rise of the robots 

Moore’s Law

Fabrice Grinda 

IEEE standards Working Group

Doc Searls

Ethically Aligned Design 

Council on Extended Intelligence 

Joi Ito

Technology and the virtues 

Twain Liu

Theory of You 

 

 

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