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0:02 >> Artificial intelligence is not just some new technology that companies are adopting. It's pretty clear that there are political, social, and especially international dimensions that leaders need to be aware of. >> There is a lot of pressure being put on senior executives by their boards, by their investors to figure out how to use AI. It involves questions of reputational risk, regulatory risk, the whole gamut of decisions when running policy making organizations or businesses.
0:34 >> You've got to be aware of a lot more than just the underlying technology. >> So leaders can miss the big picture when thinking about AI choices. We set out to build this program because we didn't see anything like it in the market that links geopolitics to the kinds of decisions that businesses and governments have to make about AI. This program is for leaders in business and government who want to think strategically about how geopolitics affects their AI decision making.
1:04 I want students to leave the program confident in their ability to spot issues that are relevant to their decision making in AI, gather their own views, do their own research, and come to their own independent decisions on what the optimal mix of costs and benefits is for a given AI decision. >> Stanford University is one of the centers of the development of AI. It's that combination of cross-disciplinary expertise that really makes this program unique.
1:37 >> Having a diverse array of students from different disciplinary and professional backgrounds makes the discussions more engaging, more productive, and really begins to mirror the real world. >> I think that you need to constantly take in information about the technology and the way that it interacts with a broader society. So I invite you to consider participating in this program here at Stanford University. >>