ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Imagine a genie gives you an urn full of balls. Each one is a new idea or technology. Most are white and do good. Some are grey, with mixed blessings. But no one knows whether there is a black ball in the urn: a technology so harmful it destroys the civilisation that draws it. Do you keep drawing out balls?
This episode looks at how corporate affairs can help organisations handle technological risk in the age of AI. To do so it needs to move upstream and shape decisions before they are made, not just explain them once they have gone wrong.
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