AI Policy Perspectives

Vint Cerf, an American computer scientist, is widely regarded as one of the founders of the Internet. Since October 2005, he has served as Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. Recently, he sat down with Google DeepMind’s Public Policy Director Nicklas Lundblad, for a conversation on AI, its relationship with the Internet, and how both may evolve. The interview took place with Vint in his office in Reston, Virginia, and Nicklas in the mountains of northern Sweden. Behind Vint was an image of the interplanetary Internet system – a fitting backdrop that soon found its way into the discussion.

I. The relationship between the Internet and AI

II. Hallucinations, understanding and world models

III. Density & connectivity in human vs silicon brains

IV. On quantum & consciousness

V: Adapting Internet protocols for AI agents

VI: Final reflections