CHACRDIGEST
AUGUST 14th, 2023
#22
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SUMMER LISTENING MI6 Boss Richard Moore on Global Security, Ukraine war and the Impact of AI. In this wide ranging and thoughtful speech, which is complemented by a Q&A hosted by Politico, “C”, Richard Moore, offers his thoughts on the role of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the 2020s. It is a remarkably frank assessment of the work MI6 is currently playing to recruit Russians, stop the threat posed by China and hostile states, and adapt to a world in which technology competes with human intelligence for relevance. Oppenheimer: The genius, the film, and the project that changed the World. Interest in Robert Oppenheimer, the so-called “father of the bomb”, has reached fever pitch since the release of Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster Oppenheimer. In this podcast, Richard Rhodes – Pulitzer prize winning journalist and author of The making of the Atomic Bomb – discusses Oppenheimer the man, his background, and the quirks of his personality that made him a controversial but undoubtedly brilliant man. A perfect digestif for those wanting to learn more after watching the film. Artificial Intelligence – A threat to Democracy? This podcast by Chatham House interrogates the concerns posed by large strides made in the field of AI over the past year. In July the UN Security Council met for the first time to discuss the threat of AI, and the UK will host the first global summit on artificial intelligence in a couple of months time. This podcast is a good overview for those with little existing knowledge of the associated technologies, and assesses what AI is good at, what it cannot yet do, and the potential impacts it may have on our professional lives and online experiences. China Field Notes. The Center for Strategic and International Studies has launched a new podcast series titled China Field Notes. Hosted by Scott Kennedy, one of the few US scholars to have spent significant time in China in recent years, the series features interviews with Chinese business leaders, government officials, and prominent academics and analysts.
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