Your Turn -- Is AI Going To Kill Us All?
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Is the AI apocalypse a real threat or just alarmist hype?
And hello there, Peter Mansbridge here. You're just moments away from the latest episode of The Bridge. It's Thursday. It's your turn and the random renter. Your turn is all about AI. Where's your latest feeling on artificial intelligence? That's coming right up.
And hello there, welcome to uh Thursday, Peter Mansbridge here with uh the latest episode of Your Turn. And the question this week was all about artificial intelligence. You know, there's been a lot of talk on this in the last week or so after After suggestions that we're well, we're all gonna die because of AI. Now, do you see that as alarmist? Do you see it as Possibly true? Or do you see it somewhere in the middle? That's what I wanted to hear from you and you did not fail us. Once again, lots of letters coming in. uh to the Mansbridge podcast and we're uh we're glad to share them with you today. As long as uh you're also ready to hear the random renter. That's coming up a little later. So let's get right at it.
Uh we're starting with this week with David Power in Cambridge, Ontario. My fear with AI is not AI itself, it is the humans controlling AI that concern me. Instead of using this to improve humanity, someone will use it to become the next king of the world or We are doing a great job killing each other without AI. Evan Panton from North Vancouver. I'd like to thank excuse me, I'd like to think That we're still far from the point where I AI will go from chatbots who help summarize emails to terminators who start killing us all Allah James Cameron. James Cameron, Canadian director of Titanic Aliens and the Terminator movies, among others. But then I can't be totally certain about that. For now, the most practical course of action would probably include establishing safeguards for the industries that are threatened and to limit or at least drastically slow down exploratory and tentative development.
Art Bell Art writes to us from Burlington, Vermont, just across the border. He used to be in Brantford, Ontario. He writes, We didn't legislate control or introduce transparency to social media spam mail and spam calls. Our track record on all these is one hundred percent failure. We have not put guardrails or safeguards on any of these intrusions into our life, and this is exactly what will happen attempting to legislate AI. Not one thing. It's about money, not safety. Melanie Gillen. Or Keelan. In Cornerbrook, Newfoundland. And library door. AI is what we teach it to be. It's a reflection of human intelligence and consciousness, and we cannot separate ourselves from it. It can be good and evil. Whatever way it goes is up to us.
Caroline Schweitzer in Stowville, Ontario. I truly believe that AI is a threat to humanity, particularly at the rate that it is being developed now. We are essentially creating a new species. It will eventually be orders of magnitude more intelligent than us, and will think clinically and critically, but without the benefit of maturity, wisdom, empathy, or the best qualities of humanity and I find the idea of this the stuff of nightmares. Neil Douglas Fraser in Edmonton. I feel like this unregulated race to develop superior AI is oddly similar to that of nuclear weapon development in World War two. The whole we have to do it before someone else does it mentality doesn't seem to have a great track record in society.
Just ask Hiroshima in Nagasaki. Eve Parry in Vancouver. Prime Minister Kearney's call for coordination through a technology stability board may offer promise. The International Maritime Organization, a UN agency, achieves ninety-nine percent collection rates. Its hundred and seventy six member states share immense stakes in commercial shipping, international AI governance, perhaps might mimic this. At home, binding legislation similar to the EU's AI Act may better boost domestic capacity while safeguarding democracy, rule of law, and environmental stewardship. Briefly. Just gonna add this. The EU's Artificial Intelligence Act says that unacceptable risk is prohibited. And it lists several unacceptable risks, and it says the providers of AI are responsible
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Is the AI apocalypse a real threat or just alarmist hype?
0:00–7:04
2
How do everyday Canadians perceive the risks of AI in their lives?
7:04–13:27
3
What do experts say about human control versus AI autonomy?
13:27–19:33
4
Why is regulation compared to nuclear‑weapon oversight and what models exist?
19:33–23:42
5
How could international cooperation shape safe AI development?
23:42–30:23
6
What are the biggest societal impacts of AI – jobs, privacy, climate?
30:23–36:45
7
What does the Random Ranter argue about AI’s role in our future?
36:45–44:34
8
What actions can listeners take today to influence AI policy?
44:34–50:12
Speakers
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