Ask ChatGPT: How worried should we be?
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast
01/26/23
•38m
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It’s still early in 2023, but we already know the word of the year: ChatGPT. The amazing bit of technology generates articulate and nuanced articles in response to short questions. Want a report on the World Cup final written in the style of Shakespeare, or a story about Russian strategy in Henry Kissinger's voice? No problem, ChatGPT can produce it. Want to pass the US medical licensing exam or get good grades in business school at Wharton? No problem, ChatGPT just did both of those.
What could possibly go wrong with underlying technology that can research, write, draw, code, compose music, and possibly even think at least as well as many, if not most, human beings?
Our guests on "New Thinking for a New World” have offered to help us understand not only what's technically called generative artificial intelligence, but to think together about the impact on jobs, on creativity, and innovation, on how we might be living in the not-so-distant future.
Juan Enriquez is an entrepreneur and an expert on the impact of life sciences and brain research on society. Mark Abdollahian is a businessman and academic who works at the intersection of strategy, operations, and analytics.
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Looking for Justice, One Person at a Time
January 19, 2023
•35m
2023 looks likely to be a year of recession, inflation, social and labor unrest, war, the ravages of climate, food insecurity, rising inequality. One casualty of that mess is likely to be the rule of law; justice seems to take a beating when times are bad. Why is that?
The demand for justice is not only a basic human right, but also a human need. Yet justice systems in many countries, rich and poor, are too cumbersome, too wrapped up in formalities, too layered with complex and even contradictory laws. Is it possible to deliver effective justice at the individual level, to actually make justice systems work for people?
Our guest this week, Sam Muller, believes the answer is an emphatic, “Yes,” especially if it is based on data. As a Dutch legal expert he founded and today leads the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL). He and his colleagues are in the business of building “people-centered justice” that works for everyone.
What do you think?
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Mongolia: Between the Hammer and the Anvil
February 2, 2023
•24m
Russia's invasion of Ukraine changed how global politics works. Instead of peace, prosperity and globalization, the scenario became war, recession and “near shore.” Suddenly, the world was separated into a conflict between the US and Europe on one hand and Russia and China on the other, enforced by sanctions and bullying. Everybody else was supposed to choose one side or the other.
What about Mongolia? It is a democracy in a region where that is unusual, almost unique. But it is geographically sandwiched between China and Russia, making it almost impossible to avoid their embrace, especially if they can’t be played off against each other.
What to do?
Dr. Undraa Agvaanluvsan who holds a doctorate in physics, is a former member of Mongolia’s Parliament. She recently explained her country’s challenges in coping with a changing global order.
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