AI agents, AI safety, and AI boycotts, with Peter Scott

This episode of London Futurists Podcast is a special joint production with the AI and You podcast which is hosted by Peter Scott. It features a three-way discussion, between Peter, Calum, and David, on the future of AI, with particular focus on AI agents, AI safety, and AI boycotts.

Peter Scott is a futurist, speaker, and technology expert helping people master technological disruption. After receiving a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Cambridge University, he went to California to work for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His weekly podcast, “Artificial Intelligence and You” tackles three questions: What is AI? Why will it affect you? How do you and your business survive and thrive through the AI Revolution?

Peter’s second book, also called “Artificial Intelligence and You,” was released in 2022. Peter works with schools to help them pivot their governance frameworks, curricula, and teaching methods to adapt to and leverage AI.

Selected follow-ups:

• Artificial Intelligence and You (podcast)
• Making Sense of AI - Peter's personal website
• Artificial Intelligence and You (book)
• AI agent verification - Conscium
• Preventing Zero-Click AI Threats: Insights from EchoLeak - TrendMicro
• Future Crimes -  book by Marc Goodman
• How TikTok Serves Up Sex and Drug Videos to Minors - Washington Post
• COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and hesitancy - Wikipedia
• Cambridge Analytica - Wikipedia
• Invisible Rulers - book by Renée DiResta
• 2025 Northern Ireland riots (Ballymena) - Wikipedia
• Google DeepMind Slammed by Protesters Over Broken AI Safety Promise

Music: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration

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