As the UK’s general elections approach, we take a closer look at some of the novel characters emerging in the race to leadership.



This month Smera and Jonah are joined by Michael Katell, an Ethics Fellow in the Turing’s Public Policy Programme, to discuss AI Steve – the chatbot standing in this year’s election.



Smera gives the lowdown on Scarlett Johansson’s legal battle with OpenAI, in a story of life imitating art, imitating life, and Jonah gets all Dr Doolittle at the thought of talking to the animals with the help of AI.



Find out about the Turing’s Public Policy Programme - Public Policy | The Alan Turing Institute (https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/res...)



 



Sources



AI Steve 

AI Steve in Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/...)

Independent article (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...)

S.A.M (https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2017/12/m...)

Wired try AI Steve (https://www.wired.com/story/ai-candid...)



The World's Top Fighter Pilots Fear This Woman's Voice  (https://www.bloomberg.com/features/20...)



The use of male or female voices in warnings systems: a question of acoustics - PubMed (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14965...)



Dazed on AI Steve (https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-cul...)



The voice of Her



Scarlett Johansson sues Open AI (https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...)



ScarJo v Open AI - Wired (https://www.wired.com/story/scarlett-...)



Scientists enlist AI to interpret meaning of barks - BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...)

Elephant names study - Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/science/a...)

Aza Raskin talk (   • "Using AI To Decode Animal Communicat...  )



Whales talk (https://www.theguardian.com/environme...)

Nature article (https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158...)



Nature paper (https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155...)

New AI Can Help Decode Types of Dog Barks (http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatbir...)

Deepsqeak (https://www.nature.com/articles/s4138...)

Parrots name their young (http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatbir...)



Positive



Could AI put an end to animal testing? (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...)



Timestamps:



00:00 Introduction to Too Long, Didn't Read



00:35 AI Steve: The UK's First AI Candidate for Parliament



03:45 Exploring AI's Role in Politics with Dr. Mike Cattell



23:20 Mike Katell's Vision for a Better Society



25:15 AI and the Music Industry



26:00 Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI



27:42 Legal Implications of AI



31:42 Gender and AI Voices



36:54 Animal Communication Breakthroughs



48:32 Conclusion and Thanks