S6E3: What Can Science Fiction Teach Us About Governance and Ethics? // Nicolas Petit

In this episode of Are You A Robot? Nicolas Petit joins us to discuss if we can use sci-fi to predict our future.

Nicolas is a Professor of Law at the EUI focusing on competition policy, digital regulation, and law and technology. You can follow him on Twitter @CompetitionProf or LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3vrI2df



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Timestamps:

[0:00] Introduction to Are You A Robot?

[1:05] Shoutout to our sponsors, EthicsGrade

[2:09] Start of interview with Nicolas [2:49] Nicolas’ background  

[4:29] What Nicolas’ job requires

[6:27] Challenges Nicolas has observed

[7:32] Narrative of sci-fi

[12:04] Could science fiction predict our future?

[17:08] Are there some futures you find interesting?

[27:10] Is it useful to read sci-fi to give us a peek into the future?  

[35:22] Blind spots on our predications [37:00] Three laws of robotics

[43:55] Military uses of AI

[49:19] Understanding AI vs innovation

[53:19] Explaining AI

[57:42] Are you a robot?



Resources:

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr: https://bit.ly/3fnucTRThree

Laws of Robotics: https://bit.ly/34m5c9c