Can robots care? A conversation with the World Economic Forum’s head of AI

Do robots care? What should companies keep in mind before using facial recognition or machine learning? Can new laws being mulled in the EU protect citizens from fast-changing technology?

Kay Firth-Butterfield, the head of AI and machine learning at the World Economic Forum, joins host and The National's Future Editor, Kelsey Warner this week to field these questions, and more.

 

In this episode:

Who is Kay Firth-Butterfield? (0m 38s)

The benefits of AI (1m 09s)

Problems which come with AI (4m 38s)

Policy making in AI (12m 02s)

Ethics and AI (19m 18s)

 

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