Dialogues Dispatch

Tune into Dialogues Dispatch, a limited-series podcast of conversations on AI and society that explore AI’s impact on policy, the economy, science, democracy, sustainability and more. Featuring bold thinkers and Google leaders discussing how AI is advancing everything from medical science to sustainability, each episode also considers AI’s risks, and how society can work together to get it right.Learn more about all six episodes: https://g.co/dialogues/dispatch

As Founding Dean of the University of Oxford Blavatnik School of Government, Ngaire Woods has had a front-row seat to the relationship between government and technology. In this episode of Dialogues Dispatch, Ngaire sits down with Google SVP of Research, Technology & Society James Manyika to discuss how we should navigate the governance of AI and the role of policy in maximizing AI’s benefits, while minimizing its risks. Throughout the conversation, they address the critical need for a public digital infrastructure, current challenges with cybersecurity, and more.

Andrew McAfee, Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Co-Director of MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy, has spent years researching and writing about the ways technological progress changes the world. He joins Google & Alphabet President of Global Affairs, Kent Walker, for a conversation about generative AI’s potential to create wide-ranging impact across the economy and society, covering predictions about AI’s productivity benefits, job categories most likely to be impacted, and the importance a responsible approach to AI.

Physician-scientist Anna Greka, Professor of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is a “molecular sleuth” who’s using new technology to solve age-old medical mysteries of rare genetic diseases. In this episode of Dialogues Dispatch, Anna and Google SVP of Research, Technology & Society James Manyika discuss what she describes as today’s “golden era of biomedicine,” and the ways that scientists are using AI to help humanity scale research and drive breakthroughs.

How do we maximize the positive democratic potential of AI? Former diplomat and UK Member of Parliament Rory Stewart and Jigsaw CEO Yasmin Green have a candid conversation about the impact of AI on democracy, and the role of policy in getting AI right for society. Covering the risks of AI and the internet’s potential as a democratic tool, they underscore the importance of balancing technological advancements and democratic values in order to create a more inclusive and informed society.

Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair of the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute, is a leading expert on the economics of climate change. In a conversation about the need for inclusive systemic change, and the role of AI in transforming various sectors, such as energy, transport, and cities, he sits down with Google SVP of Technology and Society James Manyika to explore proactive measures to invest in both people and places affected by technological change, and highlight examples of how AI is already being used to help society mitigate climate change and adapt to its effects.