AI politicians, the voice of Her and animal communications

too long didn’t read

As the UK’s general elections approach, we take a closer look at some of the novel characters emerging in the race to leadership.

This month Smera and Jonah are joined by Michael Katell, an Ethics Fellow in the Turing’s Public Policy Programme, to discuss AI Steve – the chatbot standing in this year’s election.

Smera gives the lowdown on Scarlett Johansson’s legal battle with OpenAI, in a story of life imitating art, imitating life, and Jonah gets all Dr Doolittle at the thought of talking to the animals with the help of AI.

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Topics discussed in this episode:

00:00 Introduction to Too Long, Didn't Read

00:35 AI Steve: The UK's First AI Candidate for Parliament

03:45 Exploring AI's Role in Politics with Dr. Mike Cattell

23:20 Mike Katell's Vision for a Better Society

25:15 AI and the Music Industry

26:00 Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI

27:42 Legal Implications of AI

31:42 Gender and AI Voices

36:54 Animal Communication Breakthroughs

48:32 Conclusion and Thanks

Resources mentioned in this episode:

AI Steve

• AI Steve in Guardian
• Independent article
• S.A.M
• Wired try AI Steve
• The World's Top Fighter Pilots Fear This Woman's Voice
• The use of male or female voices in warnings systems: a question of acoustics - PubMed
• Dazed on AI Steve

The voice of Her

• Scarlett Johansson sues Open AI
• ScarJo v Open AI - Wired

Animal communications

• Scientists enlist AI to interpret meaning of barks - BBC
• Elephant names study - Guardian
• Aza Raskin talk
• Whales talk
• Nature article
• Nature paper
• New AI Can Help Decode Types of Dog Barks
• Deepsqeak
• Parrots name their young

Positive

• Could AI put an end to animal testing?