Ben Zhao's guest appearances

Ben Zhao

Big Brains

Laurie Zoloth

Pat Brown

Wendy Freedman

Bill Browder

Kara Swisher

Chris Blattman

Luigi Zingales

Shannon Lee

Dan Hooper

Valerie Jarrett

David Axelrod

Chris Williams

Richard Thaler

Vladimir Putin

Lauren Berlant

OwlTail

The development of artificial intelligence has begun to feel inevitable and promising. But University of Chicago computer scientist, Ben Zhao, has spent much of his career testing how the security of these systems can break down. Zhao’s study involving Yelp reviews generated by A.I. show how these system could be used to distort our perceptions of reality, especially in this era of fake news. And his latest investigation into “backdoors” demonstrates how they could be used to hack crucial systems in dangerous and even deadly ways. Music used in this episode:  BurrowBurrow,  Lumber Down,  House of Grendel,  Tralaga, and  Cicle DR Valga by Blue Dot Sessions Subscribe to Big Brains on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.

The development of artificial intelligence has begun to feel inevitable and promising. But University of Chicago computer scientist, Ben Zhao, has spent much of his career testing how the security of these systems can break down. Zhao’s study involving Yelp reviews generated by A.I. show how these system could be used to distort our perceptions of reality, especially in this era of fake news. And his latest investigation into “backdoors” demonstrates how they could be used to hack crucial systems in dangerous and even deadly ways. Music used in this episode: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Little_Rock/BurrowBurrow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> BurrowBurrow</a>, <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Barstool/Lumber_Down" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Lumber Down</a>, <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Lemuel/House_of_Grendel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> House of Grendel</a>, <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Lillehammer/Tralaga" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tralaga</a>, and <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Cicle_Kadde/Cicle_DR_Valga" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Cicle DR Valga</a> by Blue Dot Sessions Subscribe to Big Brains on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/big-brains/id1368737097?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/uchicago-podcast-network/big-brains" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2uYYyD1m5o67GROWc9f8id?si=ZIOd4u2cRk6Ds7sKqYJgaw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>.

The Hidden Dangers of Artificial Intelligence with Ben Zhao