Is AI The Answer To Human Suffering? - Google AI Senior Vice President

How can AI help solve global problems such as poverty, hunger, and disease? Is there a hidden dark side to this new technology? What is in store for the future of artificial intelligence?

Rory and Alastair are joined by Senior Vice President of Google, James Manyika, to answer all these questions and more.

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00:00 Introducing James Manyika
02:04 Growing up in Zimbabwe
08:50 What did you think your life would be like?
10:32 What did I think I was going to be?
11:23 What's Mugabe's reputation in Zimbabwe now?
11:31 The rise of the Zimbabwean opposition
16:18 James' childhood
17:40 AI: the story so far
22:38 The gap between AI and the genome project
26:26 AI putting a mirror in our face
30:46 How AI builds associations
37:16 The future of driverless cars
39:26 The digitalis papers
47:07 Quantum computing
50:41 How many politicians have you met that get AI properly?

Video Editors: Kieron Leslie and Alice Horrell
Assistant Producer: India Dunkley + Alice Horrell
Social Producer: Harry Balden
Producer: Nicole Maslen
Senior Producer: Dom Johnson
Head of Content: Tom Whiter
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport

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