President Obama has much to say on the future of technology and where we are now.

Scott Dadich, WIRED’s Editor in Chief since 2012, sat down for an interview with Joi Ito and Obama to discuss this future, from artificial intelligence to self-driving cars.

The interview took place in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on August 24, 2016, and, published in WIRED’s November issue, Dadich’s intro went like this:

It’s hard to think of a single technology that will shape our world more in the next 50 years than artificial intelligence.

As machine learning enables our computers to teach themselves, a wealth of breakthroughs emerge, ranging from medical diagnostics to cars that drive themselves. A whole lot of worry emerges as well. Who controls this technology? Will it take over our jobs? Is it dangerous?

President Obama was eager to address these concerns. The person he wanted to talk to most about them? Entrepreneur and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito.

So I sat down with them in the White House to sort through the hope, the hype, and the fear around AI.

That and maybe just one quick question about Star Trek.

Here’s the scene:

While the majority of the interview was released in written form, video recordings of different topics were published along side on the online edition:

You can read the full interview HERE.

[source: wired]