AI is moving faster than most of us can process. While it promises breakthroughs in everything from healthcare to productivity, there’s increasing unease about what happens when the technology moves faster than our ability to understand or control it.

Lynda Steele, the host of Change My Mind, has mixed feelings about AI. She can see the enormous potential, but she’s also worried about deepfakes, teen safety, data centres and whether the guardrails we need are coming too late. There’s also this important question: are we comfortable leaving so much of our future in the hands of a small number of powerful tech companies and their leaders?

To help make sense of it all, Lynda talks with technology expert Amber Mac. A bestselling author, entrepreneur, guest lecturer and well-known podcaster, Amber has spent more than two decades helping people understand how emerging technology is changing our lives.

Together, they break down what AI is actually doing right now, what happens when we stop checking its work, AI literacy and why the pace of this technological revolution is so different from what we experienced with the internet. 

They also explore AI’s potential to transform healthcare, including a deeply personal story from Amber that shows what can happen when this technology catches something missed by humans. 

So, are we moving too fast? Can we find the balance between embracing what AI can do and making sure we’re still in control of where it takes us? This is a conversation about the risks, the possibilities and the choices we still have to make about AI, without the hype and without the panic.

No debate. No winning. Just talking it through.

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