Jul 6, 2026 · 50 min · 10 segments
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Danny NevinsGuest
You've all been using artificial intelligence, whether you thought you were or not.
If anybody, uh, used Google Maps to, uh, find their way to this event tonight, then chances are it was using all sorts of data, traffic data, delays on the Tube, I don't know what it was, but all this information was being assembled and then responding to your desired destination and guiding you on your way.
Scientists are using AI now to recognize patterns that would not be visible, um, to the human eye, and clinicians are as well.
I'm not sure I should share this, but just before I left New York, I had, like, a routine medical procedure, a colonoscopy, really a lot of fun.
Um, and just before I went under, 'cause in the United States, they actually put you under.
He says, "Look, we've got the only AI machine in New York City that helps us with the colonoscopy to sort of identify any polyps and f- and irregularities while you're under.
I'm glad you've got a new toy, doctor." But the truth is, I care about the doctor, the human doctor, and the anesthesiologist who's gonna keep me alive while we're doing this.
How many times a day do we pull our phone out and try to use that to supplement our faulty memory? In my case, quite often.
And yet we also know that there is a dark side to our use of artificial intelligence.
We are the product, right? Because everything that you do, including that use of, um, of, uh, the Google Maps to get here is being used to collect data for other purposes, and also, our data is being monetized.
You've all been using artificial intelligence, whether you thought you were or not.
If anybody, uh, used Google Maps to, uh, find their way to this event tonight, then chances are it was using all sorts of data, traffic data, delays on the Tube, I don't know what it was, but all this information was being assembled and then responding to your desired destination and guiding you on your way.
Scientists are using AI now to recognize patterns that would not be visible, um, to the human eye, and clinicians are as well.
I'm not sure I should share this, but just before I left New York, I had, like, a routine medical procedure, a colonoscopy, really a lot of fun.
Um, and just before I went under, 'cause in the United States, they actually put you under.
He says, "Look, we've got the only AI machine in New York City that helps us with the colonoscopy to sort of identify any polyps and f- and irregularities while you're under.
I'm glad you've got a new toy, doctor." But the truth is, I care about the doctor, the human doctor, and the anesthesiologist who's gonna keep me alive while we're doing this.
How many times a day do we pull our phone out and try to use that to supplement our faulty memory? In my case, quite often.
And yet we also know that there is a dark side to our use of artificial intelligence.
We are the product, right? Because everything that you do, including that use of, um, of, uh, the Google Maps to get here is being used to collect data for other purposes, and also, our data is being monetized.
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