Oprah Winfrey is delving into the realm of synthetic intelligence.
Winfrey will host a an ABC particular titled AI and the Way forward for Us: An Oprah Winfrey on Sept. 12, by which she’ll speak to some main figures within the AI house, together with Microsoft founder Invoice Gates and OpenAI head Sam Altman, in addition to FBI Director Christopher Wray and a few skeptical voices.
The hour-long particular is the second Winfrey has hosted this 12 months; in March, she led a dialogue about weight reduction and wellness tied to the rise of weight-loss medication like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy.
Along with Gates, Altman and Wray, the particular will function interviews with technologist and extensively adopted YouTube tech reviewer Marcus Brownlee; Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, co-founders of the Heart for Humane Know-how who warn of the dangers of AI rising too highly effective, too quick; and creator Marilynne Robinson, who “reflects on AI’s threat to human values and the ways in which humans might resist the convenience of AI,” per ABC’s description.
The objective of the hour, in response to ABC, is to “provide a serious, entertaining and meaningful base for every viewer to understand AI, and empowers everyone to be a part of one of the most important global conversations of the 21st century.”
AI and the Way forward for Us is produced by Winfrey’s Harpo Productions. Winfrey and Josh Tyrangiel of Backstory Companions are the manager producers. A promo for the particular is beneath.
