New podcast explores Finnish contributions to artificial intelligence

In “Ja ihminen loi älyn” (And humankind created intelligence), researchers Arno Solin ja Eric Malmi interview pioneers, entrepreneurs and experts about the AI field's history, disruptive consequences and the probability of humanity's destruction.
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In ELLIS Institute Finland's and Aalto University's new podcast, Finnish movers and shakers in AI explore language models, robotics and intelligence and reveal how research from Finland has ended up in systems that are revolutionizing our lives. AI researchers Arno Solin ja Eric Malmi interview entrepreneurs, long-time veterans of AI development and researchers who have worked for tech giants. How likely is civilization's destruction, how is AI changing humanity and in which direction is AI developing?

Listen and watch the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

In the first episode (in Finnish), researcher and entrepreneur Harri Valpola claims that artificial general intelligence is already here, discusses challenges in robotics and considers how the benefits of AI can be evenly distributed. Future episodes feature emeritus professor Erkki Oja, former OpenAI researcher Katarina Slama and NYU professor and Aalto alumnus Kyunghyun Cho — the latter two episodes are in English.

Podcast hosted by:

 Arno Solin

Arno Solin

Professor, ELLIS Institute Finland and Aalto University
 Eric Malmi

Eric Malmi

ELLIS Institute Finland faculty; Adjunct professor at Aalto University

Podcast about artificial intelligence: Ja ihminen loi älyn

This podcast (in Finnish, with select episodes in English) covers the development, history and future of AI through the personal stories of Finnish AI research pioneers.

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