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>>> WELCOME TO NEWSNATION. I’M BOBBI MOORE, AND TONIGHT’S LIVE STREAM TOWN HALL, WE’LL DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL POWER AND PITFALLS OF THE COMING AI REVOLUTION. YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THIS. I’M JOINED BY M.I.
T. DEAN OF TECHNOLOGY, PROFESSOR NORM HEMMING. >> THANK YOU, BOBBI. >> WELL, LET’S GET INTO IT. PROFESSOR, YOU’VE BEEN VERY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THE THREAT THAT AI POSES.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR STANCE TO THE AVERAGE AMERICAN? >> I’M SORRY. WHAT? >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR STANCE ON AI TO THE AVERAGE AMERICAN? >> CERTAINLY.
UM, TO BE CLEAR, I’M NOT ANTI-AI. I JUST BEAVIS — BELIEVE — I BELIEVE AI NEEDS TO BE PROPERLY REGULATED. I’M SORRY. >> PROFESSOR, IS THERE A PROBLEM? >> UM, YEAH.
A GENTLEMAN IN YOUR AUDIENCE LOOKS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO BEAVIS FROM THE CARTOON BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD. JUST A LITTLE DISTRACTING. >> I’M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT CARTOON, BUT WOULD IT HELP IF HE MOVED SEATS? >> YEAH. YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.
IT’S THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BLUE SHIRT AND BLOND. >> SIR, DO YOU MIND MOVING? >> I’M SORRY. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ME? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON.
I’M SORRY. WHAT? >> YES. CAN YOU MOVE SEATS? >> OKAY.
SURE. I’M SORRY. I JUST — I’VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT CARTOON CHARACTER, SO.
>> AND YOU NEVER WATCHED BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD WHEN YOU WERE A TEENAGER? >> NO.
I WAS PRETTY, SO I WAS GOING TO PARTIES AND HOOKING UP. NOW, PROFESSOR, IF AI IS LEFT UNREGULATED, WHAT IS YOUR WORST-CASE SCENARIO? >> WELL, IN SIMPLEST TERMS, IT BECOMES SO INTELLIGENT THAT IT DEEMS HUMANS UNNECESSARY AND KILLS US ALL. >> BUT IF HUMAN BEINGS CREATED THE AI, CAN’T WE PROGRAM IT NOT TO DO THAT? >> WELL, IT DEPENDS.
OH, MY GOD. ARE YOU SERIOUS? >> WHAT? I THINK THAT’S A VALID QUESTION. >> NO!
NOW THERE’S A GENTLEMAN BEHIND YOU THAT LOOKS LIKE BUTT-HEAD. >> PROFESSOR, JUST BECAUSE OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS AREN’T AS INFORMED ON THE ISSUE AS YOU DOESN’T MAKE THEM BUTT-HEADS. >> BUTT-HEAD FROM THE CARTOON. HE’S BEAVIS’ FRIEND. >> I’D LIKE TO MOVE ON AND DISCUSS AI, SO WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO MOVE?
>> YES. THANK YOU. THE MAN WITH THE GRAY SHIRT AND EXPOSED GUMS.
>> SIR — [ LAUGHTER ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] KINDLY MOVE SEATS. >> SHE’S TALKING TO YOU.
>> OH, I’M SORRY. ME? >> YES. >> I’M SO SORRY. I’M CONFUSED.
I’M JUST HERE TO LEARN ABOUT AI. >> PROFESSOR, WE HAVE A VIEWER QUESTION FROM X. @DANWICH 980 ASKS DOES CORNHOLIO NEEDS TP FOR HIS BUM HOLE. >> THAT’S SOMETHING TROLLING. THAT’S A REFERENCE TO THE CARTOON.
THAT WAS BEAVIS’ ALTER EGO. HE EATS THE SUGAR AND BECOMES CORNHOLIO. >> I SEE. LET’S MOVE ON TO OUR AUDIENCE QUESTIONS STARTING WITH PATRICIA FAULKNER. >> YES.
RIGHT HERE. >> YOU PUT THEM RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER? THEY EVEN SITTING LIKE THEY DO ON THE SHOW. YOU TWO DON’T KNOW THAT YOU LOOK LIKE BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD? >> I’VE HEARD RUMBLINGS THAT I LOOK LIKE SOMEONE FROM TV, BUT IT’S JUST — MAYBE IT’S THIS BEAVIS PERSON.
I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T WATCH MUCH TELEVISION. I HAVE AN INCREDIBLY BUSY LIFE. >> YEAH. I HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY TOO.
AND THIS IS HONESTLY THE FIRST TIME I’VE EVER HEARD THAT I LOOK LIKE THIS BUTT-HEAD PERSON, SO. >> OH, BOY. FOR THOSE JUST TUNING IN, THIS IS NEWSNATION, NOT THE CARTOON NETWORK. >> HEY, THEY LAUGH LIKE THEM TOO. YOU HEAR THAT?
>> MS. FAULKNER, GO AHEAD. >> YES. PROFESSOR, I’M A SPEECH THERAPIST, AND I USE AI SOFTWARE EVERY DAY. >> YEAH, YEAH, WHATEVER.
HOW LONG Y’ALL BEEN FRIENDS? >> I DON’T KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN. >> YOU DON’T KNOW EACH OTHER? >> NO. HI, I’M DEAN.
>> JEFF. NICE TO MEET YOU. >> NICE TO MEET YOU TOO. >> ALL RIGHT. LET’S TAKE A BREAK.
AFTER, WE’LL SPEAK WITH SOME GENTLEMEN FROM TEXAS WHO LOST THEIR JOBS TO AI. I’M SURE THEY HAVE LOTS TO SAY. >> I DO..
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