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Astro Teller on Why Artificial Intelligence Is Not Scary

Sep 07, 2017 | 33 videos
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“Taking over the world is an intensely human thing to want to do,” says Astro Teller, in a short interview conducted at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival. At Alphabet's "moonshot factory" X, Teller studies and develops artificial intelligence. Here, he argues that current frenzy over the topic might be overblown.

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Authors: Brianna Pressey, Tynesha Foreman, Nicolas Pollock

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