Stephen Fry's warning to world leaders | The dangers of AI

“China and Russia have AI. It’s like saying we must keep the Atlantic Ocean clean, while everybody’s peeing into the Pacific Ocean.”
Stephen Fry of the global evolution of AI and if today’s political leaders have what it takes to combat menacing forces for bad.
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[@MM-yi9zn]

Thank you for the update on Stephen. He is such genuine gentleman & has contributed so much in so many areas. He is indeed a national treasure. Hope he heals asap!

[@piecesofjoy8681]

So fascinating listening to Stephen and his perspective on history, change and his views. Adore this man! Have enormous respect for him. Thank you for this enjoyable and insightful interview.

[@wozm9924]

I have huge respect for Stephen. Always enjoy his talks and views on things. On the other hand, whenever I see Cathy Newman I am reminded of that interview with Jordan Peterson and all those attempted 'gotcha' moments that didn't exactly go to plan.

[@Iwuvmafamatix2]

Which one is Cathy ?

[@catsupchutney]

My thought exactly. At the time it Jordan Peterson was (IMHO) trying to stick to carefully thought out positions, and refusing to take the bait. Newman was not interested in exploring his views accurately. These days, for whatever reason, he's not really the same.

[@rumdeal]

Yes I totally agree. Stephen Fry is a legend and I totally admire his intelligence and wit and the fact that he seems a thoroughly nice guy. It's very illuminating how Cathy Newman is treating Stephen ( the correct way ) whilst she had her teeth bared and her claws out for Jordan Peterson. Tells us so much about her integrity as a journalist and as a human being

[@TheMarlinspike]

It is impossible to listen to Stephen Fry and not come away feeling a better informed person.

[@harrybarrett9653]

I'd take it a step further. I just come away feeling better.

[@johndoe-vc1we]

Oh! And what did he teach you about AI?

[@edwardcatt2399]

The irony of this statement is that if you attribute that degree of intelligence to Fry then you probably ARE that badly informed . . .

[@harrybarrett9653]

​​@@edwardcatt2399well then. Perfect person to listen to then. Right?

[@edwardcatt2399]

@@harrybarrett9653 - if you want to listen to Fry’s asininity and pseudo-profundity, right 👍

[@shockruk]

I love Stehen Fry. He's such a fantastic human.

[@zombizombi]

He is, but why he has started appearing on GB News is beyond me.

[@anthonyferris8912]

Because he doesn't share your hang ups?

[@alexandracarrico1765]

Happy that Stephen is healing and almost back to normal, and he's right soft tissue healing is so slow.

[@alexj3709]

Always such a pleasure to listen to Stephen Fry in an interview, or documentary, or game show, or whatever. His contribution invariably raises quality of the presentation enormously. Loved his input on QI as always informative and entertaining, and will surely hope to see many an episode of this new Jeopardy series.

[@catsupchutney]

He really is so measured in his opinions. Many, if not most people would take a hard position on painkillers and never veer from the original stance.

[@luminyam6145]

I get so annoyed with the fear of Oxycontin after surgery especially in older populations, we aren't addicts, we have had surgeries and are in pain, it is totally different. Nurse here, I encourage my patients to take their medication so they can participate in their rehab. And all of them are just on plain Tylenol by the time they leave us.

[@mk1st]

My (not a medical professional) observation of this is that Oxy is a great thing when it has "something to do" i.e. has severe pain to work on and push against. When it is used in this context the body doesn't have the capacity(?) inclination(?) to addiction. The trick, as pain diminishes, is when to ween off of it and transition to Tylenol or some-such. The horrors here in the US were due to severe over prescription for pain for which it was not warranted.

[@SierraNovemberKilo]

I just thought it weird for Fry to use the American brand name when the NHS refers to the type of pain reliever it is as Oxycodone. Of course, the controversial marketing exploitation etc by the Sacklers is perhaps just as much a consideration for some.

[@suzimonkey345]

@@SierraNovemberKilo It’s my understanding that OxyContin is the extended-release version & Oxycodone is the instant release version of the same medication. I’ve lived in both the USA & the UK & been prescribed Oxycodone in both countries. (I have only had a prescription for OxyContin in the USA. It didn’t work week with my digestive system (like a lot of patients) so I had no need to try it in Britain but I’m pretty sure that my explanation is right. 😊

[@suzimonkey345]

Strong pain killers like Oxycodone are life savers for many patients. In studies, genuine pain patients (including long term, chronic pain patients) are highly unlikely statistically to suffer addiction. (Addiction being VERY different to tolerance) Since the start of the, “War on prescription drugs” in the USA, the experts have been warning that “Genuine chronic pain patients could become the collateral damage in the war on prescription drugs”…That warning has been widely ignored in my experience! In studies a huge percentage of doctors admit to under prescribing or NOT prescribing opioids at all since the government’s ’recommendations’.

[@luminyam6145]

@@suzimonkey345 I agree completely.

[@simonphelps3680]

Good to listen to someone who can take an historical perspective

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

This man is one of the best things Britain has given to the world.❤️🤗🐝

[@MHeymann]

This man is an absolute delight to listen to.

[@BruceWayne15325]

When we transition to a post-labor economy, I see happiness as being the measure of wealth, as it should be now honestly. Happiness comes from the way that we choose to live our lives, rather than from some external source like money. The best pursuit that we can choose in a post-labor economy is to develop ways of living that maximize the happiness of yourself and those around you.

[@jeffgriffith7087]

Oh! It's the lobster lady!

[@Io-Io-Io]

;)

[@daniellegon7268]

✌🏻 language is 50k yrs old ✌🏻

[@gloriahoulihan8717]

I am sure that Stephens new show will be worth viewing. I am looking forward to seeing it. Good luck Stephen 😊

[@jshaers96]

As anyone who remembers the show 'Tomorrow's World' will know, it's impossible to predict the future. Whatever people think about AI now, it's almost certainly going to morph into something that nobody ever expected, and it will probably be a combination of both good and bad.

[@seanflewin9803]

90 to 99% bad its common sense

[@Graham_Shaw]

@@seanflewin9803 I tend to agree. There will be far more many people wanting to manipulate AI technology for monetary gain, than those wanting to use AI for positive purposes. That's the human race for you.

[@nikkirobertson2341]

Exactly! Just like the internet.

[@melmorrison1400]

@@Graham_ShawI think that’s the powerful 1% who run the world, not your average person.

[@Graham_Shaw]

@@melmorrison1400 Them, and also there are a lot of intelligent criminals out there.

[@oliverlonergan2800]

Best wishes and seasons’ greetings to you Mr. Fry from Canada. Though you are still recovering it’s delightful your sense of humour remains full of vim and vigour.

[@rositasultana3958]

Thank you for bringing Stephen Fry to an interesting discussion. Happy holidays!

[@TrondBrgeKrokli]

Thank you very much for sharing this episode. I appreciate how candid Stephen can be, sharing his experience from a relatively dramatic accident, making my recuperation from a relatively everyday repair of my limited umbilical hernia just 3 weeks ago a fairly trivial event. Even so, it calms me down to hear others describe their experience when recuperating from any recent accidental damage or medical event, to remind me that my situation is nothing special compared to what others experience. Furthermore, it is a pleasure hearing Fry share stories and useful information from his point of view. Thank you again and best wishes for the holidays.

[@JK_Clark]

Get well soon and have a Happy New Year!

[@steveperreira5850]

Quite frankly I don’t tune into these programs to listen about medical procedures. It was disgusting!

[@eugenio1542]

Thank Yous 😊 I’m always amazed that reasonable and rational leaders are so rare ☝️❤️✌️🌍🙏

[@LivingroomTV-me9oz]

I know Fry would refuse the job if it were offered to him, but I can’t help but cry when I think that our species CAN produce minds like his, yet most minds pick the sick, selfish, scary brains of Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to be our leaders.

[@altal2993]

Running the country, politics and leadership are seriously difficult. Over the decades trust has dropped to zero. Personally I see no politicians worthy of trust. Fry is far to nice to subject to politics. So nice idea.... Great man.... I would not want to put him through it

[@waterfairy321]

It's not that people pick them, it's that they are the only ones who run for office.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

He is far to intelligent to be a politician. ❤️🤗🐝

[@TestUser-cf4wj]

I wish I could meet you in person, Mr. Fry. The world is a slightly less dark and horrible place with you in it.

[@garethmorgan3665]

Well said:-)😊

[@defaultsettings63]

22:25 "She was a Channel 4 TV journalist who did a famous interview with Jordan Peterson." Her reaction is priceless! 😂

[@user-tq8hp5xj6k]

Stephen Fry the very best of the very best. Can listen to him for hours about anything. His eloquence and knowledge is unparalleled. A true ,rare renaissance man. His compassion, kindness, and humility are some of his greatest and important traits.

[@chrislloyd5415]

Is this the shrill woman who Jordan Petersen destoryed? Why is she still in a job? Off topci I know, but just amazed to see her showing her face again.

[@GrimJerr]

We can't realize the affect technology will have on work. I once wrote a 2k string of code that put 8 people out of work without even meaning to.

[@TheKitty1952]

Best of health and joy to you Mr. Fry. You give meaning to human existence

[@Babayaga97111]

Big respect for you sir!❤

[@charmainepriestman915]

I love Stephen Fry ❤️

[@Jack-bs6zb]

What a change in Ms Newman’s demeanour when she’s interviewing someone whose views are ‘on message’

[@econrith]

Perhaps social science will at last be taught in schools and we will learn to get on and understand each other a lot better with the help of the AIs. Some fair points being made here by Stephen Fry

[@supergoujon4776]

Always interesting to hear Stephen Fry interviews.

[@SuperMcgenius]

When you are in real pain you do not get hi on the drugs.

[@davegibson79]

"Free speech isn't as important as correct doctrinal speech" - isn't that what we believe in the West these days too? The media, entertainment, academic, financial and political establishments have all decided that there are specific words that must be used and groups of people and even countries like Israel which must not be criticised.

[@user-yi8uu1du3b]

the real problem with AI, where it is accessible on the web, is that it uses the web as its source. And people use web AI to produce their output that will appear on the web. Anyone who knows a scintilla of how systems react will label that as "positive feedback". Scientific research on the very situation call the result "model collapse" (such AI is a "Large Language Model"). It is not as if the "web" is even that reliable. But it won't stop it being marketed, and used. It will create echo chambers, just like anti-social media has.

[@AnimalMarketandResearch]

Listening to him is delightful.

[@erikpaterson1404]

This is the gentle lady that broke the internet with Jordan Peterson some years back is it not?

[@grittyimagephotography3977]

Yes, and I feel she was weak on Peterson. Allowed the pro conservative narrative to cut through. But is fierce on little old English gent allotment loving socialists

[@eatthisvr6]

12:00 the thing that concerns me is that a few people will buy all the machines and take all the profits, leaving the rest of us with even less. thats how i see it going and thats how i think its been going for 100 years

[@cyberfunk3793]

How it's been going for 100 years? Global poverty has been halved in a few decades and live expectancy has steadily increaed. You have problem with that?

[@organismseven3700]

"Nation states are preposterous" This logic could also be applied to the concept of the "home" This makes it easy to argue that the concept of private property is just another artificial creation. Some would regard this as humans reaching a sort of Star Trek utopian level. The individual no longer focuses on the self, but always strives to do what is best for the greater good for all. Which seems to lead to the conclusion "you will own nothing and be happy". Humans are going to have to decide whether they regard this as being progress. Or not.

[@robrussell8515]

It’s easier to say have no property if you don’t have much.

[@grahamthomas4804]

glad to eaar you are well dear STEPHEN

[@mightychicken7774]

Of all the men in the world, Stephen is the one I dream of having tea with (or a proper whiskey). As a nobody, this will never happen, but oh how I dream of it. Most loveliest of people, philosopher, teacher, and genuine wonderful human being.

[@tortysoft]

If Mr Fry is ever not available, I could stand in - as long as a depth of education and reading is not required. We think the same way.

[@davidlamb7524]

Cathy was rattled by Stephen mentioning her disastrous Jordan Peterson interview. At least she still has a job.

[@JinKee]

17:30 Strauss and Howe say in their book The Fourth Turning, that to find a leader who builds you must first find a man who is sick of war.

[@odinip]

Do you know the book he’s talking about???

[@roncouch]

This is the first time of seeing Stephen Fry being Stephen Fry’. Clearly, a very well read and educated man and, vey easy to listen to. Apart from that nebulous hint of femininity, which wafts through on and off and which slightly throws me, he brings comfort that there is yet hope for the human race, especially with such erudite individuals as he helping us to keep striving to win back proper control of our country.

[@suesjoy]

Well, he’s open,y gay, so…

[@ivanconnolly7332]

His time as quiz master has given him an elated sense of his loquacious opinions .

[@asan1050]

Thanks Much!

[@edenjs1503]

Stephen Fry has an amazing eloquence and intelligence that keeps you enthralled with every word, mingled with the calming tones and cadence of a lullaby. He is indeed a wonder!

[@sg72646]

Well said Stephen as always!

[@richmorin424]

Part of the promise of AI is that it may enable the creation of beneficial services that would be impractical or even impossible to create manually. For example, it could make geographic information accessible and useful to blind pedestrians. Alternatively, it could transcribe and/or explain the "slides" presented in technical talks. So, like Stephen, I'm cautiously hopeful...

[@tonyduncan9852]

Yes, and possibly infinitely more. Sadly *_exactly_* double-edged.

[@dpandcrspandvn]

If the whole world became vegetarian overnight, what would happen to the populations of chickens, cowes, pigs, etc. ? Now, think what happens when there is a universal basic income, no jobs, no field to till, and no wars to fight. What will happen to the population of what Desmond Tutu called the 'numberless, little people' ?

[@tonyduncan9852]

Life. 😎@@dpandcrspandvn 😎

[@purelizardmilk6598]

wait, what was the topic of this interview? we went: injury, opioids, ai, russia and china, elon musk, jeopardy. what an odyssey lol

[@davidduffy9806]

Mr Fry, your observations on Endone are well made

[@rickharper3940]

had similar accident. have RSD/CRPS. just don't break hip! i live in Kentucky. a big problem here. it erased my memory. switched me to hydrocodone. good luck. love your work, man. god bless. have a betterer new year! keep up the PT! regards.

[@cathygould]

Love every bit of this❣️👍🏽👏🏾 I've adored Stephen Fry since A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and Black Adder, and the more I see of him and learn about him, the more I love and respect him. I also loved Jeopardy from its early days, used to get a "stomach ache" to stay home from school til it was over at about 10am! And I was in elementary school. I've quit watching since Mayim Bialik left; Jennings makes me itch. Wish I could watch Fry host, I'm sure he will be delightful❣️He is amazingly knowledgeable about such a wide array of things, and I can't think of Anything he's ever posited that I've disagreed with. I've been worried about his fall from the stage, and it was much worse than I saw reported, but I'm grateful he's recovering so well. Thank you for this interview❣️ I feel quite fortunate that I happened across it today❣️❣️👍🏽👏🏾💜🩵💙😘 (And from one Cathy ((who used to do radio interviews🎙️)l to another, it was Excellent❣️ And I don't know who Jordan Peterson even is🤷🏽‍♀️

[@DeDraakAap]

Thank you

[@mandst5466]

Stephen ! You really are far more of a “national treasure” than our very own Royal family……… and of course, far more interesting to listen to. 😉👍🏻

[@BrianMosleyUK]

Lovely man, glad he's recovered so well.

[@KittyKeypurr]

My dad gave me an oxy one time when my back was tied in knots. It was horrible. It made me feel like I'd blown out an eardrum 🤢😵 my back didn't hurt but I couldn't open my eyes and move either. 😂

[@calcariachimera]

True legend!

[@cassiopeia21]

Never heard Fry complaining about when twitter and facebook sensored people talking about things which then were called conspiracy theory nut jobs, which have since been proven true. But now that Elon has opened up twitter and allowed speech to happen, he's an odd ball who we must be concerned about? Huh.

[@grittyimagephotography3977]

You know it- I hear you..

[@goldreverre]

looks like he's another sufferer of EBS (Elon bad syndrome)... There's a lot of it going around lately.

[@jamesross5328]

Excellent

[@gaoxiaen1]

I'm 66 and I have two collapsed discs in my spine and dread getting surgery for them, as well as numerous bone spurs and pain in my right hip. My left hip has already been replaced. Without morphine, I would be unable to take care of myself. By the way, I live in Taiwan, where medications are covered by the very excellent National Health Insurance system. If I still lived in the USA, I would be forced to resort to street drugs.

[@war-painter]

Yeah for that Kaiser would give you minor pain meds for a WEEK. Then you would be in agony.

[@suzimonkey345]

Opioids are life savers when taken as prescribed by an expert! They stop having the ‘drugged-up’ feeling within a week (at most in my experience!) & after that you feel ‘normal’ but with a LOT less pain. (The “Don’t drive or operate heavy machinery until you know how this medication will affect you” part of the warnings in the package) With short term or chronic pain it’s vital that you remember, “There’s no such thing as a magic pill!”. Stephen Fry is correct. Pain killers give you the ability to do more like physical therapy exercises! You need to find the right blend of treatments that work for you!

[@MaxWinterLeinweber]

Not if you get a whole country hooked on them!

[@robinhood4640]

I was taking oxycontin and oxynorm frequently for many years, because of repeated episodes of kidney problems (swelling up, like with kidney stones). The only times i ever felt any "drugged up effect" was when i took them while i wasn't in pain, but doing things which had a very high probability of triggering the problem. I once needed to replace them, because they were a year past their use before date, yet some specialists still thought i wanted them because i was a drug addict.

[@CONNELL19511216]

Oh wow! Please take care Stephen. We are all hoping your recovery proceeds steadily and completely. CBD is extremely useful for bone healing

[@ianlaw6410]

Yes, yes, yes, to Stephen's opening words (and from 14 mins 30). I have lived in Asia and have also worked with people who grew up in Soviet Russia or the former East Germany. I have experienced the difference in ethics and values between these populations and "the liberal West". Not everywhere in Asia or the East, not with everyone who originates from there, of course, but there is a majority difference between the nations and cultures. As long as we admit and respect that, and keep our own values within our own borders, there will be no war.

[@blasterrax5621]

Fry is the man.

[@christianrokicki]

It’s funny, I recall this bloke lecturing people on how they should keep their personal suffering to themselves (aches and pains especially) and try to use the word ‘I’ as little as possible in conversation; and almost any time I see him he is moaning about some injury or setback that has befallen himself and using the word ‘I’ quite a bit. I suppose he is just not fond of his own advise. The wise are as foolish as anyone else, Cicero once said. If only my credulity would make me as wise.

[@AndyJarman]

All I can hear is Kermit the frog chirping away at her.

[@maxheadrom3088]

Yesterday, the New York Times started sueing Microsoft and Open AI. The problem with AI is it does too litle consuming a huge amount of energy and processing power. A strange thing about the Large Language Model as an attempt to mimic the human brain is that language comes as an after thought in the thinking process. Prof. Michael Gazaniga's (and others) work shows that language creates a reasoning for a decision or conclusion that was reached through non-linguistic processes.

[@johnmartin4650]

Glad Mr F feeling better

[@stevensmith8876]

The problem with AI is it will reveal the truth about a certain group of people.

[@oseasviewer7108]

As far as AI is concerned the closed captions on this video are absolutely appalling. Whoever wrote the algorithm needed to have established a strict rule about literal transcription - so many UM's and AH's peppered throughout makes reading the dialogue tedious and my patience wears thin having to navigate that chaff.

[@lilid95]

this too shall pass

[@mattmcewan2550]

Here’s my ChatGPT rephrased version: “I’m from Finland, and I vividly recall a conversation with a well-read and socially conscious individual. They inquired, ‘Do you, as a Brit, regard Stephen Fry as a national treasure?’ Without any hesitation, I responded affirmatively.”

[@dnstone1127]

National treasures, Gary Lineker, Miriam Margoyles, Hugh Grant.

[@prideofdurham4776]

Treasure should be buried.He is NOT a national treasure , what has he achieved? Bit part in Black Adder and sitting behind a desk on QI ( look up "elves')

[@stephenbarrette610]

@@prideofdurham4776 Sorry mate you’re completely wrong - have you read any of his books? His books on poetry? his books on Greek mythology? His fiction and non-fiction books which are really good? Watched any of his films? Have you watched A Bit of Fry and Laurie from the 80s? His TV appearances in programs like Bones? Jeeves and Wooster? His ‘bit part’ in Black Adder as you say was not a bit part, it was part of a brilliant ensemble cast. And his involvement in QI made it the program it is. Have you seen his documentary on bipolar? His narration and input on many other documentaries? He did one where he visited every single state in America. His championing of many good causes. I’ll leave it there.

[@stephenbarrette610]

@@prideofdurham4776 Also, not sure that “treasure should not be buried “ makes any sense. Treasure is typically buried in popular fiction. The term "national treasure" means something else linguistically and is completely different. Just saying.

[@user-hv3mt9fh8e]

​@@stephenbarrette610 I would add his marvellous voicing of Harry Potter books, Oscar Wild, Conan Doyle, his own books. I adore his voice. Ah, and the voice of the author in the screen version of Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.

[@sharonwickens6921]

Wonderful to see you relived your on the mend sxx bravo Juliett

[@winmine0327]

So funny watching an adult learn how Jeopardy works.

[@jabbermocky4520]

Charming. I grew up with the game and still enjoy beating most players while I watch. I could take on the champs with confidence. But I don't consider myself "camera ready" so I have never applied. The trickiest part is framing the response as a question. When you have a brain that just retains random info and a photographic memory, the game is great fun no matter how old you get!

[@Ploskkky]

I am sure the world leaders will take note.

[@Michaelgoestofrance]

Always a pleasure to listen to Stephen Fry. Fun to hear him talking an American accent! (I presume that won't be a requirement for British Jeopardy?!)

[@mrs.sherry]

Elon said we have 6 years, but I think it less than that. Shut down AI now!

[@frankshailes3205]

Space Karen is losing it big time.

[@douglasjackson8758]

I would hazard a guess that the benefits of AI will accrue to the wealthiest members of society and the people who are left jobless can simply be left to starve and die. What could possibly go wrong?

[@JelloTR]

There are 8 billion people but not 8 billlion bullets. It boils down to maths and the eventual eating of the rich.

[@apollothirteen9236]

Why would that be a problem? The wealthy earned everything they have & the little people stole everything they have.

[@johndoe-vc1we]

You mean no different to what we've been through since the agricultural age? That's not so bad then. More of the same

[@rabidbigdog]

Professor Richard Wolff (via Democracy At Work) argues that the rentier/thief class most certainly won't pass on the benefits to the serfs. It really is going to require the capitalists to be re-introduced to those big slicey things the French were so fond of.

[@cyberfunk3793]

@@rabidbigdog And what is your option to capitalism? Go back to the systems that made everybody except the socialist party elite poor? It was capitalism that has halved global poverty in a few decades, but you want to listen to some professor in a field that isn't scientific at all? For every opinion in economics, you will find another professor telling you the opposite baesd on ideological bias, that should tell you something. It's basically nonsense and has nothing to do with actual objective science but we have 100 years of evidence of capitalism ligting hundreds of millions of people from poevery to the middle class.

[@patrowan7206]

Dear Stephen, I predict that in 5 to 10 years you will start noticing that you are LESS patient.

[@donnawindcliff6292]

Thank GOD for Stephen Fry! 😏

[@Dazbog373]

I'd love to explore that library in the back 😍

[@jimdale9143]

His central premise regarding what comes after overlooks British history. A class of human beings that doesn’t have to work is a nobility. So, what do nobles do with their time? I would offer the Plantagenet Dynasty and the houses of York and Lancaster as illustrations.

[@alexwilsonpottery3733]

Well historically, they invade neighbouring fiefdoms.

[@Xvz745]

This is supe sewiuos you guys

[@paulwally9007]

Hi Stephen! Hope you get well soon.

[@user-lt9py2pu6u]

All new technology comes with advantages and disadvantages and AI is no different. It is already beginning to make an impact and we need to be gearing up to live with its consequences. Steven has raised some very valid points which certainly need to be taken into account.

[@rexcooper3365]

How fantastic to see that you are (apparently) on top of things again Stephen. Although Sandy does a great job, your contribution to the QI franchise has been sorely missed. Jeopardy had 2 runs here in Australia, in the 70s & early 90s. A fantastic game show indeed, and a venture destined to succeed with such a nuanced host at the helm. Congratulations Stephen & all the best for 2024.

[@piplee1439]

On top of infants

[@deanoverlie224]

​@@piplee1439 just for the record : scurrilous comment - not funny - not necessary .

[@piplee1439]

@@deanoverlie224but true. A proud pederast Jew … his words…. his behaviour

[@marleybean]

I smashed 44 bones after being hit by a 4x4 while parked in a lay-by in my camper and a 4x4 smashed into me at 90mph then I was thrown from my wreckage onto the dual carriageway then run over by a mini bus, I had a shattered pelvis open book feature, class 4, a broken neck and several smashed vertabre, a fractured skull, a severe TBI that put me in a coma for 2 weeks, I severed an artery and broke all of my ribs as well as injuring my lungs. When I woke from my coma, they told me I would be in hospital for 2 yrs, I discharged myself after 16 weeks, and refused all pharmaceutical intervention and went to what I knew, Nutrition and exercise. Even after major operations I refused morphine clickers and all painkillers. The mind is far more powerful than any petrochemical based medicine. We are natural and nature really does provide all, you just have to learn how to access it.

[@tombrunila2695]

I recommend "The Machine Stops" from 1909 by E.M. Forster for all AI enthusiasts and AI skeptics.

[@arkaig1]

I always enjoy how Mr. Fry is able to allow you to unfold his context toward your own, with minimal [rendering unto Rome] reliance upon over-rigid structures. Occasionally [very] it exceeds the boundaries of nation-states, and I embrace and relish whenever it does so in my direction. :) I hope for the best for Jeopardy[!], and suggest that a Bialik-vs-Jennings [like them both] hosting style comparison is as equally telling as a Jennings-vs-James-vs-Jennings [value them both, and reciprocally, and repeatedly so analysing them too] playing style. Re AI, I tried contrasting Plato vs Xenophon vs Aristosthenes, re Socrates, and found Archanians being where the lesser-latter of the three stepped up and brought something new, in that play, to the table; the application to "thoughts about AI" should be readily apparent, and if not, then pull in Liu Cixing's Three Body Problem book series premise with regard to the aiders-and-abettors there. [You can see the flaws in my albeit-specifically-over-targetted context-unfoldings. My apologies.] Best of luck on the hosting. [Likewise Family Feud (re consensus), Wheel-of-Fortune (re luck)! All good fun, if not self-therapy, speaking of the 'scorpion' that is Oxycodon, #-STV:Janeway.]

[@cathygould]

Just, WOW!

[@Gribbo9999]

I think the warning is not *to* World leaders but *about* World leaders with different views on what is ethical viz a viz Ai.

[@The_Bean_Head_Men]

National Treasure

[@jabbermocky4520]

An International Treasure to those of us who enjoy theater and books, in English. Mr. Fry is multitalented and an all around mensch.

[@antokent]

Fantastic to hear the wonderful Stephen Fry talk about anything at all, as always. Pity about the integrity free zone that is the interviewer

[@edwardcatt2399]

Cathy Newman, what do you expect? 🤷‍♂️

[@tonyduncan9852]

LOL. New to me ! I thought she was refreshingly sparky.

[@edwardcatt2399]

@@tonyduncan9852 - look up ‘Cathy Newman Gangnam dance’ . . .

[@cookymonstr7918]

~3:35 Time condenses if you look at the time intervals as a percentage of your own age.

[@krisbest6405]

Like every invention they end up killing someone.... cars,planes,plastic,drugs,guns,knives,even bloody golf clubs.

[@dougg1075]

I love the itch.

[@phonicwheel933]

Interesting talker and very clever.

[@bobchannell3553]

I keep a close eye out for any video where Stephen Fry is speaking.

[@UniverseOfAtoms]

This topic is immensely important and I appreciate Stephen's perspective, however I feel the same way about this conversation that I do about every other conversation on the topic. That is, that the heart of the issue is illusive and therefore sidestepped entirely. When Stephen is confronted by the question of what will happen when AI take control of most tasks, humans have UBI and their livelihoods secured, what will humans do, what will it mean to be human in an area of purposelessness? He hand-waves and says basically that he doesn't know what humanity will do with itself. That's the entire question of the matter! Stephen, or any others publicly engaged in this topic, put your ideas on the line, throw a concept for humanity 2.0 on the table. Let's talk about that as it's a truly urgent matter. For me, I believe that boredom will become the defining sickness of the second half of the 21st century. A deep, profound boredom that will lead many to self-ruin. Sadly, I don't see a lot of room for optimism (even techno-utopians don't understand the point of their utopia). Maybe the best case for optimism is that humanity will merge with this technology and we will no longer be "human".

[@heliumcalcium396]

What humanity will do with its free time is less important than what the AI will do with humanity.

[@heather-vs9qe]

I agree my muscles was in serve pain...with hypothyroid, was put on anti -depression tablets. Highly against it at 66, l took it up in two days pain gone. But I asked to be taken off it..l feel now...l only get muscle pain when its cold....❤