{"slug": "theres-this-deep-mystery-of-what-actually-is-this-thing-the-philosopher-inside", "title": "‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI – podcast", "summary": "Iason Gabriel, a philosopher working at Google DeepMind since 2017, discusses the challenges of anticipating AI's impact amid commercial and geopolitical pressures, questioning whether ethicists can make a difference. The podcast explores the mystery of AI's nature and the role of ethics within a major tech company.", "body_md": "# ‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI – podcast\n\nBy Written by Robert P Baird and read by Simon Darwen. Produced by Nicola Alexandrou. The executive producer was Ellie BurySource:\n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and geopolitical pressures escalate, can ethicists make any difference?\n\nBy Robert P Baird. Read by Simon Darwen\n\n**Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpod**\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/jul/17/theres-this-deep-mystery-of-what-actually-is-this-thing-the-philosopher-inside-google-deepmind-ai-podcast)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/theres-this-deep-mystery-of-what-actually-is-this-thing-the-philosopher-inside", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/theres-this-deep-mystery-of-what-actually-is-this-thing-the-gflu", "published_at": "2026-07-17 04:00:58+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-17 08:03:43.702886+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Iason Gabriel", "Google DeepMind", "The Guardian"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/theres-this-deep-mystery-of-what-actually-is-this-thing-the-philosopher-inside", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/theres-this-deep-mystery-of-what-actually-is-this-thing-the-philosopher-inside.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/theres-this-deep-mystery-of-what-actually-is-this-thing-the-philosopher-inside.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/theres-this-deep-mystery-of-what-actually-is-this-thing-the-philosopher-inside.jsonld"}}