‘We must integrate human training and AI collaboration capacities deeply into educational curricula and create pilot communities that develop the post-work social structures we will soon require.’
“In 10 years – probably much earlier, fewer than five – AIs won’t just assist us, they will directly and indirectly exert influence over most aspects of our daily lives….
‘We need not focus so much on AI technology but on the political, cultural and regulatory systems which will govern its growth and applications.’
“The growth of connective technologies in the past 20 years – the Worldwide Web, mobile devices, collaborative platforms for knowledge creation (Wikipedia), work (Upwork, Uber, etc.) and social connectivity (Instagram,…
‘We have to think and act differently. … These tools challenge the very validity of our social, legal and moral norms; we must engage with the reality of what is and respond with wisdom and transparency.’
“Embracing, resisting and struggling with transformative change begins with confronting legacy structures and inherited systems. Transformative change touches, challenges, invalidates and ultimately supersedes the systems that influence our lives in…
There will be a growing sense that life is becoming more luck-driven. ‘A society becomes brittle when people feel like one bad month can ruin them and that no amount of effort guarantees stability.’
“AI is going to play a much bigger role in shaping our decisions, work and daily lives, but not because it becomes some all-knowing overlord that replaces everyone overnight. The…
AI is moving into intimate life; this frays old systems of connection and intimacy. ‘What arrives is often not connection but simulation,’ shattering traditionally-valued types of relationships.
“Adaptation to more-advanced AI systems playing a significantly larger role in human lives won’t be uniform. It will vary across cultures and it will depend on what each society already…
‘If there is ongoing need for leaders, educators, professionals, this will be a sign that the AI revolution has ultimately failed and will signal a long-term limitation in the aspirations of humanity as a species.’
“It’s important to understand there are multiple ways AIs can play a role in our daily lives: As a stand-alone service, like ChatGPT; as an add-on service, like Copilot in…
‘The deepest challenge is institutional … many were built for a slower tempo. … AI accelerates feedback loops and amplifies second-order effects. It does not fit neatly inside yesterday’s playbook.’
“AI will almost certainly play a far more significant role in shaping our decisions, work and daily lives, not because it is ‘intelligent’ in a human sense, but because it…
Addressing job displacement, contraction and loss cannot be reduced to simply telling workers to upskill and learn AI or be left behind. A deeply human-centered societal response is needed now.
“As a work futurist, my perspectives are centered on AI and the complex evolution of the workforce. The next decade will exponentially rewire the structure and composition of the workforce,…
‘True resilience in the age of AI comes from honoring the material, relational and universal dimensions of the human being, allowing AI to become a supportive partner in human flourishing.’
“AI systems are increasingly shaping human decisions, work and daily life. The central question is not whether this influence will expand, but how consciously and wisely it is integrated into…
‘Participatory AI governance mechanisms should be established immediately in cities, sectors and high-stakes domains. … Policies must redirect AI toward augmentation rather than replacement.’
“A crisis facing human-centered design that I have been exploring in some of my recent work – in which the discipline’s success in removing interaction barriers has paradoxically led to…