WEBVTT - Introducing Brave New Planet

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<v Speaker 1>Pushkin. In the twenty first century, powerful technologies have been

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<v Speaker 1>appearing at a breathtaking pace, related to the Internet, artificial intelligence,

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<v Speaker 1>genetic engineering, and more. They could dramatically improve our world, or,

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<v Speaker 1>if we don't make wise choices, could leave us a

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<v Speaker 1>lot more solve. I Americ Lander. I'm a scientist who

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<v Speaker 1>works on ways to improve human health. I helped lead

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<v Speaker 1>the Human Genome Project, served as a science advisor to

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<v Speaker 1>the Obama White House, and today direct the Broad Institute

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<v Speaker 1>of MTN Harvard. This generation's choices will shape the future

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<v Speaker 1>as never before. The decisions ahead aren't just up to

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<v Speaker 1>scientists or politicians. We all of us are the stewards

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<v Speaker 1>of a brave new planet. In this podcast, we'll explore

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<v Speaker 1>hard questions. Should we alter the Earth's atmosphere to prevent

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<v Speaker 1>climate change? I can imagine conflicts that could arise when

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<v Speaker 1>nations start tinkering with the composition of the stratosphere. Should

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<v Speaker 1>we deploy a new genetic engineering technology in the wild

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<v Speaker 1>possibilities of a shining, marvelous future. We're just exploding all

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<v Speaker 1>around me like fireworks, And at the same time it

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<v Speaker 1>was literally in the same breath, I was also just

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<v Speaker 1>like Holly crap. If this isn't used properly, this could

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<v Speaker 1>be really damaging to our planet. As machines learn to

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<v Speaker 1>mimic human decision making, can we keep them from learning

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<v Speaker 1>human prejudices. When I learned that there was actually an

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<v Speaker 1>algorithm that judges used to help decide what to sentence people,

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<v Speaker 1>I was stunned. Can truth and democracy survive the impact

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<v Speaker 1>of deep fakes? Creditors would chime in and say, you

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<v Speaker 1>can absolutely make a deep fake sex video of your

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<v Speaker 1>ex with thirty pictures. I've done it with twenty. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>the things that keep me up at night. A video

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<v Speaker 1>of Donald Trump saying I've launched nuclear weapons against Iran.

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<v Speaker 1>And before anybody gets around to figuring out whether this

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<v Speaker 1>is real or not, we have global nucleu ountdown. And

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<v Speaker 1>is it time to turn war over to robots? I

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<v Speaker 1>know people who have killed civilians, and in all cases

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<v Speaker 1>where people made mistakes, it was just too much information.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for happening too fast. We'll talk to remarkable people.

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<v Speaker 1>A West African scientist fighting malaria, the co founder of LinkedIn,

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<v Speaker 1>A recent US Secretary of Defense, a civil rights lawyer

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<v Speaker 1>focused on artificial intelligence, one of the Navy's first female

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<v Speaker 1>fighter pilots, and many many more. To get the world

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<v Speaker 1>we want, we'll need to make wise choices. So fellows,

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<v Speaker 1>stewards of this Brave New Planet, join us as we

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<v Speaker 1>grapple with opportunities and challenges that are too big to

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<v Speaker 1>fit in a tweet, but that will shape our future.

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<v Speaker 1>Utopia or dystopia. It's up to us. Subscribe to Brave

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<v Speaker 1>New Planet on Apple Podcasts. Our first episodes drop October twelfth,