5 questions for Vilas Dhar, an artificial intelligence researcher

Politico September 20, 2024
By Derek Robertson

Hello, and welcome to this week’s installment of the Future in Five Questions. This week I interviewed Vilas Dhar, an artificial intelligence researcher, president of the AI-focused philanthropic outfit the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, and member of the United Nations’ High-level Advisory Body on AI. Dhar took the occasion of this week’s U.N. General Assembly to discuss with us his vision for global governance of AI, the fundamental changes it will bring to how we relate to technology, and why AI should be provided as a public service. An edited and condensed version of the conversation follows:

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