AI’s Role in Politics and New Innovations in Machine Learning

Explore the intersection of AI and politics as Midjourney blocks images of Biden and Trump to combat misinformation. Discover Google DeepMind's InfAlign framework, enhancing language model alignment for real-world applications. Learn about xAI-Drop's explainability-driven strategies improving Graph Neural Networks. Plus, delve into the ethical debate on developing superintelligent AI with insights from AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton.

Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/midjourney-ai-imagegenerator-biden-trump-deepfakes-bc6c254ddb20e36c5e750b4570889ce1
https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/01/01/google-deepmind-researchers-introduce-infalign-a-machine-learning-framework-for-inference-aware-language-model-alignment/
https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/01/01/xai-drop-enhancing-graph-neural-networks-gnns-training-with-explainability-driven-dropping-strategies/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/01/if-smart-ai-is-so-scary-why-even-develop-it

Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:39) AI image-generator Midjourney blocks images of Biden, Trump
(00:03:12) Google DeepMind Researchers Introduce InfAlign: A Machine Learning Framework for Inference-Aware Language Model Alignment
(00:06:20) XAI-DROP: Enhancing Graph Neural Networks GNNs Training with Explainability-Driven Dropping Strategies
(00:09:36) If smart AI is so scary, why even develop it?