37. A Former CIA Officer and Congressman’s Thoughts on Cyber Security, AI and More – Part 1

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cyber Security Inside,</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Tom and Camille talk with cyber security expert, Managing Director at Allen and Company, and former Congressman and undercover CIA officer, Will Hurd. While we’re sure he has plenty of exciting stories from his time with the CIA, the conversation steered clear of that (If he told us, he’d have to kill us) and instead covered other exciting topics, like: </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  Ethical use of AI</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  Facial recognition and AI biases</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">...and more. Don’t miss it!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Here are some key take-aways:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  AI is a global obsession for good reason. It can be used for everything from diagnosing cancers to saving water in agriculture and introducing us to new music. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  We have to be innovative and have the infrastructure and compute power in place to support AI.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> •  Like all technology, AI can be used for good or bad. We have to ensure we’re making ethical use of it and that it’s unbiased, not discriminatory.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  A growing focus within the AI and cybersecurity space is defending the training data from manipulation. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Some interesting quotes from today’s episode:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“And what undergirds all of this is cyber security. We’ve got to be able to defend our digital infrastructure to protect our intellectual property, to make sure that people aren't selling our secrets.”</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“When it comes to certain technologies like Arti