Ensuring the hammer of AI is a tool that builds, not a hammer that demolishes. w/ Dr Matt Agnew

OCT 29, 202462 MIN
Better Than Yesterday: Osher Günsberg

Ensuring the hammer of AI is a tool that builds, not a hammer that demolishes. w/ Dr Matt Agnew

OCT 29, 202462 MIN

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<p>Here’s Osher’s three favourite facts about Dr Matt Agnew: </p><ol><li>He’s not that kind of doctor. </li><li>He’s lovely. </li><li>He has a PhD in Astrophysics. </li></ol><p>Matt has been busy, heading back to uni to study AI - and on the back of that he’s written a new book “<a href="https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Dr-Matt-Agnew-Is-My-Phone-Reading-My-Mind-9781761180446" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IS MY PHONE READING MY MIND?”</a> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>What he has to say today about AI, about the powerfully transformative effect it is already having on education, and democracy - in both positive and negative ways - might just chill you to the bone <em>and</em> give you goosebumps at the same time. </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>This was recorded a week out from the 2024 US election, so please understand why I’m Osher isn’t commenting on something which is now glaringly obvious to us as a community. </p><p> </p><p>He’s in the past. </p><p> </p><p>It’s simple time travel. </p><p> </p><p>And there’s no better person to speak to about that than Dr Matt Agnew. </p><p> </p><p>Enjoy the show. </p><p> </p><p>Subscribe to the substack <a href="https://oshergunsberg.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>