The Professor is Live! with Mark Salisbury
Life in the Era of AI
Promoting Responsible AI
Broadcast live on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Facebook—and later released as a podcast.
Exploring how we can gain the benefits of artificial intelligence while remaining responsible for the consequences.
What Is This?
Artificial intelligence is changing how we work, how we learn, and how we live.
And it's happening remarkably fast.
Some people are ready to use AI for almost everything.
Others worry about where increasingly powerful AI may lead us.
The Professor is Live! lives somewhere in the middle.
We believe artificial intelligence can improve our lives, our organizations, and our society. But getting those benefits requires something from us:
Responsibility.
Who is responsible when an AI system gets something wrong?
How should organizations decide where AI should—and shouldn't—be used?
When should we trust the machine, and when should human judgment prevail?
What happens when AI becomes capable of making decisions and taking actions on its own?
And as AI becomes more powerful, how do we make sure people remain accountable for what it does?
These aren't simply technology questions.
They're questions about leadership, judgment, ethics, accountability, law, and public policy.
Those are the conversations you'll find on The Professor is Live!
Promoting Responsible AI
We don't believe the answer is to fear artificial intelligence.
And we don't believe the answer is to blindly embrace it.
The challenge is learning how to use increasingly powerful AI responsibly.
That means asking difficult questions about the technology, but also about ourselves.
What responsibilities do AI companies have?
What responsibilities do organizations have when they deploy AI?
What responsibilities do professionals have when they rely upon it?
What role should government and public policy play?
And when AI causes harm, how should accountability work?
There won't always be easy answers.
That's why we invite researchers, educators, business leaders, attorneys, technologists, and other experts to help us explore them.
Our goal isn't to tell you what to think about AI.
It's to help all of us think more clearly about what we should do with it.
What You'll Find Here
Each episode begins with a real story or question about artificial intelligence.
Then we explore what it means for people, organizations, and society.
You'll hear conversations about AI and:
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leadership and human judgment
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organizational responsibility and governance
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education and the future of work
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law, liability, and accountability
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ethics and public policy
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the rapidly changing capabilities of intelligent machines
And underneath all of them is one question:
How do we get the benefits of AI while remaining responsible for the consequences?
The Tone of the Show
We take the issues seriously.
But we don't take ourselves too seriously.
You'll hear curiosity, humor, a little sarcasm, real-world stories, expert perspectives, and practical ideas.
Sometimes we'll be optimistic about where AI is taking us.
Sometimes we'll be concerned.
And sometimes we'll disagree.
That's okay.
Responsible AI requires an open conversation about both the opportunities and the risks.
Because the future of artificial intelligence is too important to ignore and too interesting to make boring.
Beyond the Show
Speaking
Mark Salisbury speaks to business, professional, educational, and community audiences about artificial intelligence, responsible AI, leadership, and why human judgment still matters as intelligent machines become increasingly capable.
AI Litigation Consulting
As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in organizational decisions, products, and professional work, questions of responsibility and accountability will increasingly find their way into the legal system.
Drawing on decades of experience spanning artificial intelligence, computer science, organizational change, and leadership, Mark works with attorneys on matters involving AI systems, their organizational use, and the role of human judgment and responsibility.