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Shaping AI: Language, Secrets, and Regulation

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Episode 298

April 4, 2024

00:59:57

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Hosted by Dave Levine

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

In this episode, we critically examine the politics and secrets surrounding generative AI with professor and former software engineer Harry Surden of Colorado Law. Taking a rare approach in the legal field by applying his computer science background to teaching generative AI’s functionality in enlightening Youtube videos, Harry explains generative AI in layperson’s terms and its impact on law and society. In this conversation, Dave and Harry explore how generative AI’s understanding of human language makes it revolutionary but also presents issues in governance and trade secrecy. Tune in to learn how politics and corporations, particularly the mercurial Sam Altman, continue to shape AI’s development and our future.

“Language is what humans do to convey and implement knowledge. So if you can get a system that can manipulate and generate language, then you’ve built this foundational thing that can help you develop an AI system.”

-Harry Surden

“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”

-Ludwig Wittgenstein

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Harry Surden

Harry Surden is a professor at University of Colorado School of Law and the associate director of Codex Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. With prior experience as a software engineer, his work focuses on the intersection between technology and law. Recently, he has focused on the impact of artificial intelligence on legal practice by examining large-language models and machine learning.

HOST BIO

DAVID LEVINE

Dave Levine is the founder and host of Hearsay Culture. He is a Professor at Elon University School of Law and an Affiliate Scholar at the Center for Internet and Society (Stanford Law School). From 2014-2017, he was a Visiting Research Collaborator at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy. He is also the co-author of Information Law, Governance, and Cybersecurity (West 2019). A regular contributor to Slate, Dave has been published in leading newspapers, websites, and academic journals in the US and EU.

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