We're Being Gaslit About How Smart AI Actually Is | Oxford Computer Scientist Explains

Is AI really getting smarter than us or are we falling for the biggest myth in tech?

AI is transforming the way we work, think and create. As machines begin outperforming humans in more tasks, the race to AGI and even superintelligence is often treated as inevitable. But is it? Or are we buying into Silicon Valley's biggest story?

This week on The Tea, we are joined by one of Britain's sharpest voices on the human impact of technology, Anne-Marie Imafidon CEO of Stemettes and trustee at the Institute for the Future of Work to unpack what AI is really changing, why intelligence is far more complex than Silicon Valley admits, and what it means to remain human in an age racing towards artificial superintelligence.
Also on the show:

⚡ AGI & the Silicon Valley narrative – AI hype or the next reality?
⚡ What human intelligence really is
⚡ AI and the future of work
⚡ Can AI agents ever become conscious?
⚡ The race to superintelligence – Who benefits?
⚡ What it means to be human in the age of AI

Despite the apocalyptic headlines, our guest argues that a dystopian future isn't preordained. AI remains a human technology, shaped by human choices. As she puts it: "Technology is that it is still democratic... You don't have to be funded by the big whoever to build alternatives."

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AUDIO CREDITS
Presenter–Producer: Dr. Myriam François
Guest: Anne-Marie Imafidon
Senior Producer: Sara Farolfi
Producer: Nadège Bizimungu
Assistant Producer: Poppy Jacobs
Research: Constance Creswell
Video Editor: Max Bubnov
An MPWR Productions show.


00:00:00 Introduction – Are We Being Lied to About AI?
00:02:21 Anne-Marie Imafidon on What Intelligence Really Means
00:06:15 Is AI an Existential Threat or Just Hype?
00:12:07 Can Good AI Ever Beat Big Tech?
00:15:05 What Is Human Intelligence, Really?
00:18:11 IQ, Genetics and the Return of Eugenics
00:24:14 AI Bias, Surveillance and Algorithmic Discrimination
00:30:15 Is Artificial Intelligence Actually Intelligent?
00:36:22 The AI Mistakes Humans Would Never Make
00:40:20 Will AI Really Take Your Job?
00:46:11 Should Young People Still Go to University?
00:51:30 AI Agents, Consciousness and the Illusion of Intelligence
00:57:24 The AI Magic Trick – What Everyone Is Missing

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