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Can a Pro-AI Researcher and an Anti-AI Advocate Find Common Ground?

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Season
3
· Episode
5
November 4, 2026
With
Dr. Karen Boyd
&
Ben Abbott
Can a Pro-AI Researcher and an Anti-AI Advocate Find Common Ground?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cqXOPhA9VE
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What They Talked About

A pro-AI researcher and an anti-AI advocate sit down on The Fire Pit to tackle one of today's biggest debates: Is artificial intelligence helping or hurting our planet?

From AI data centers and their environmental impact to the future of technology, can two people on opposite sides of the AI debate find common ground?

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Dr. Karen Boyd

Pro-AI researcher

Ben Abbott

Anti-AI advocate
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