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Episode 2Topic: AI

Has Europe Still a Chance in the Global AI Race?

AI safety, the EU AI Act, and whether Europe can still compete with the US and China on artificial intelligence.

GuestProf. Stuart RussellProfessor of Computer Science, UC Berkeley

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Presented byAcceleraid

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He literally wrote the textbook on AI — and has spent decades warning that the technology’s biggest risks are still underestimated. Stuart Russell joins the show to ask why Europe, despite deep research talent, keeps losing the race to turn AI breakthroughs into industry.

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Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control

Stuart Russell

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