The New York Times podcast The Ezra Klein Show features CHAI affiliate Brian Christian in an episode titled “If ‘All Models Are Wrong,’ Why Do We Give Them So Much Power?” 

In his review of The Alignment Problem, Klein writes, “Brian Christian’s recent book The Alignment Problem is the best book on the key technical and moral questions of A.I. that I’ve read.” In the episode, which was released on June 4, Klein and Christian discuss how governments and corporations use machine learning, robotics ethics, regulatory structures for algorithms, how AI reflects societal inequality, and more. 

Find the episode here or on any podcast service.