Overall, given the impact this will have on all of us, this needs a longer, & better presentation. Ideally an ongoing series. Below are the issues about this too brief effort.
1. No discussion of AI effects on the arts:
A very brief mention of jobs overall. But the important topic the arts was omitted. AI creates new art: music, scripts for plays, movies, & TV, visual art, etc. Based on a huge database of existing art.
The original artists however receive no credit or compensation. Adding injury to insult, it takes future work from them.
To me, this is the 2nd most terrifying danger of AI: displacing the exceptionally talented, unique class of individuals we call artists.
2. The 1st most terrifying danger, not even discussed:
The potential for Doomsday scenarios as in the Terminator series, or Eagle Eye. Maybe they thought it was too far out. But as we found with fossil fuels, the best time to address dangers of new technology is at its inception, before it becomes entrenched, and impossible to mitigate.
3. Expert Guests: W/great respect for the 3 experts in their fields, they were all insiders. With potential conflicts of interest. E.g., Gates & Altman are heavily vested in AI, which may have inhibited their fully discussing the darker aspects, as mentioned in 1 & 2 above. Similarly, FBI director Wray may not be free to discuss intel failures in the past or future threats from foreign adversaries. (As when he said China's investment in AI surpasses US 50 to 1, but then insists we're ahead of them.) Alternative outside views were needed here. Also, no lawmakers or legal scholars were included, to talk about how to keep the horse in the barn.
4. Discussion of Equal Opportunity:
Oprah puts Altman on the spot for all AI developers looking like him: white men. Negatively singling out a particular group, instead of speaking generally about the need for diversity. And she ignores that Altman himself is a member of 2 minorities, being a gay Jew. The John Q. Public guests were people of color, almost all women. The show seems to go against its own valid concern for equality. Given its huge future impact on all of us, AI requires a more serious, unbiased, facts & statistics based discussion of inclusivity. Is discrimination in the AI hiring? Or is there a lack of qualified applicants due to failures outside of AI's scope?
