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Why AI Ethics Is Really About Who Controls Knowledge - Peter Hardi

aired Aug 27, 2026 · 51.0m
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Summary

What worries me is the concentration of largely uncontested power over decisions about what goes into the foundational training materials of AI systems. If AI systems increasingly shape what people know, then they will also influence what people consider important.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of people, know, it's, including: Today, a relatively small number of extremely wealthy technology companies have enormous influence over the data sets, models, the training processes that shape AI.

Key takeaways
  1. 01What worries me is the concentration of largely uncontested power over decisions about what goes into the foundational training materials of AI systems
  2. 02Today, a relatively small number of extremely wealthy technology companies have enormous influence over the data sets, models, the training processes that shape AI
  3. 03Yeah, we have Professor Peter Hardy today and we talk about a bunch of things, mostly AI ethics and AI over 80 because he's a professor in Maritos and we also talk about a thing th
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