How AI and democracy can fix each other | Divya Siddarth

How AI and democracy can fix each other | Div...

Up next

Sunday Pick: How a special seaweed is lowering methane emissions—one cow burp at a time | from Speed & Scale

Did you know that cows emit methane when they burp? Livestock account for over 12% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, but farmers and scientists have discovered a superfood that might be the key to lower emissions—and raise healthier cows. In this episode, Ryan and Anjali i ...  Show more

3 questions to build resilience — and change the world | Sister True Dedication

Every moment of movement is a chance to become more aware of yourself and the world around you, says Zen Buddhist nun Sister True Dedication. Guiding us through the art of "mindful walking," she shares three essential questions to ask yourself to awaken your strength, build resil ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

How AI and democracy can fix each other | Divya Siddarth
TED Tech

We don't have to sacrifice our freedom for the sake of technological progress, says social technologist Divya Siddarth. She shares how a group of people helped retrain one of the world's most powerful AI models on a constitution they wrote — and offers a vision of technology that ...  Show more

The Tech We Need for 21st Century Democracy with Divya Siddarth
Your Undivided Attention

Democracy in action has looked the same for generations. Constituents might go to a library or school every one or two years and cast their vote for people who don't actually represent everything that they care about. Our technology is rapidly increasing in sophistication, yet ou ...  Show more

Mustafa Suleyman Says We Need to Contain AI. How Do We Do It?
Your Undivided Attention

This is going to be the most productive decade in the history of our species, says Mustafa Suleyman, author of “The Coming Wave,” CEO of Inflection AI, and founder of Google’s DeepMind. But in order to truly reap the benefits of AI, we need to learn how to contain it. Paradoxical ...  Show more

AI and Jobs: How to Make AI Work With Us, Not Against Us With Daron Acemoglu
Your Undivided Attention

Tech companies say that AI will lead to massive economic productivity gains. But as we know from the first digital revolution, that’s not what happened. Can we do better this time around?RECOMMENDED MEDIAPower and Progress by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson Professor Acemoglu co ...  Show more