Many in Silicon Valley say smarter-than-humans “Artificial General Intelligence” is just around the corner. But is it really possible to create superhuman AI? And should we want to? AI researcher and Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst explains why he thinks the industry shouldn’t be focused on AGI. And he shares his take on perhaps the biggest question surrounding this technology: Could it pose an existential threat to humanity? 

Terms of Service is a CNN Podcasts and Goat Rodeo production.

This episode was produced by Cara Shillenn.

At Goat Rodeo, the lead producer is Rebecca Seidel

Executive producers are Megan Nadolski and Ian Enright

At CNN, Matt Martinez is our Senior Producer and Dan Dzula is our Technical Director.

Production support from Sofía Sanchez and Dan Bloom.

Special thanks to Ludlow House and On Air Presents.

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