The most recent episode of The New York Times’ Hard Fork takes a hard look at Google’s artificial intelligence development. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton spoke with Google CEO Sundar Pichai about the company’s approach to balancing innovation and safety.
Google has been regarded as a leader in AI development for many years, but recent releases of AI chatbots by other companies have raised questions about Google’s continued dominance in this area. Pichai discussed the difficult decision of whether to rush to catch up or to proceed more cautiously in the face of potentially harmful technology.
