BRIAN KENNY: Artificial intelligence or AI for short is certainly creating a lot of buzz these days. And although it may seem like this amorphous thing that's somewhere off in our future, it's already very much in our midst. Navigation apps have turned printed maps into relics. Alexa, knows what you need from the grocery store before you do. Google Nest has the house at just the right temperature before you roll out from under the covers. And this is all great, but now you have to wonder if this intro is written by me or chat GPT. Which raises an important question.

BRIAN KENNY: Revolutions often have humble origins, a small group with big ideas gathering to plant seeds of disruption. So, it was in the dog days of summer in 1956, when 10 academics gathered on the campus of Dartmouth College to discuss how to make machines use language and form abstractions and concepts to solve the kinds of problems now reserved for humans. The conference led to the founding of a new field of study, artificial intelligence. Six decades hence, we are in the midst of an AI revolution that is already dramatically changing entire sectors like healthcare, transportation, education, banking, and retail. But AI is not without its critics. Elon Musk famously said that, "With artificial intelligence, we're summoning the demon." While Stephen Hawking believed the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. So, whose job is it to make sure that such a vision never comes to pass? Today on Cold Call, we've invited Professor Tsedal Neeley to discuss her case entitled, "Timnit Gebru: Silenced No More on AI Bias and The Harms of Large Language Models." Tsedal Neeley's work focuses on how leaders can scale their organizations by developing and implementing global and digital strategies.

Brian Kenny: At the 1939 World's Fair in New York City General Motors unveiled Futurama, an exhibit spanning an entire acre that featured a model of what US roadways would look like 20 years into the future. Networks of streamlined motorways wound through a landscape of half a million buildings, a million trees, and 50,000 miniature cars traveling on a 14-lane, multi-speed highway. It struck a chord at a time when the country was just beginning to grapple with traffic congestion. In what might have been the boldest prediction of all, Futurama depicted a future where self-driving cars would communicate directly with the road moving passengers safely and swiftly to their destination. It seemed like science fiction, but by 1958 GM made this concept a reality with one of the first full-sized self-driving vehicles. Today on Cold Call, we're doubling down to look at two cases that each look at the future for autonomous vehicles. I'm your host, Brian Kenny, and you're listening to Cold Call, recorded in Klarman Hall Studio at Harvard Business School. Joining me in studio today is Professor Bill Kerr to discuss his case entitled, Autonomous Vehicles: The Rubber Hits the Road... but When? Also in studio is Professor Elie Ofek to discuss his case entitled, Autonomous Vehicles: Smooth or Bumpy Ride Ahead? Brian Kenny: It's great to have both of you here. I found out about Bill's case first and reached out to him to do that. Elie, you and I were going to do a completely different case, but somebody brought to my attention that you had also written a case on autonomous vehicles. The two cases are really complementary, and I think this will be a really rich discussion about a topic that is certainly something that's been in the headlines a lot, and I think it's one of these things... I know, speaking for me personally, I can't wait to get into a car and just open up my newspaper and let the car take me where I'm going. For people who are listening to this while they're driving in their cars, keep your hands on the wheel.

If you're not into fashion, you may not recognize that name, but Karl Lagerfeld is to fashion as Wayne Gretzky is to hockey as Mick Jagger is to rock and roll as Steve Jobs is to consumer tech. He is, according to industry insiders, nothing less than a fashion god. Born in Hamburg, Germany in 1938, he designed his first line of clothing at the tender age of 17. His meteoric rise is legendary among creative directors and today at 83, he still has tremendous influence in the fashion world as creative director at Chanel and Fendi. Lagerfeld proved over decades that he had the creative vision to know what consumers would want next before they even knew themselves. He once said, "I am not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions.