Who Sets AI’s Moral Compass?

Governments, corporations, disruptive startups – when it comes to AI, who gets to decide what’s right and wrong? On the Zero100 Podcast, the team waxes philosophical (and then gets practical) about the ethical implementation and regulation of AI for the betterment of supply chain and society. Featuring: Chief Research Officer Kevin O’Marah and Senior Manager, Data Science Julia Dahlgren. 

• Differentiating between AI agents, AGI, and "sentient" AI (00:34)
• What we talk about when we talk about “ethical” AI (3:14)
• What the Industrial Revolution can teach us about AI’s potential impact (6:12)
• The implications of the global power struggle over AI (9:00)
• DeepSeek and AI innovation under political constraint (9:50)
• Could the democratization of AI solve our ethical dilemma? (15:04) 
• The role of leadership (and human goodness) in keeping AI on track (16:10)

Further reading from Zero100:

The Signal: Will AGI Reflect the Best or Worst of Human Nature?

The Signal: AI and the New Gilded Age