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    • Imagining the Digital Future Report: The Impact of AI by 2040
Mary Chayko
Mary Chayko
November 2023

People may not even notice the losses they are suffering as the world is infused with AI

by Mary Chayko

“By 2040 it will be increasingly difficult to know whether something that we see or experience has been human-generated. And it may matter less and less to us, as successive…

November 2023

We aim to assure that AI supports human self-efficacy, creativity and connectedness

by Ben Shneiderman

Ben Shneiderman shared a set of insights originally written for readers of his “Notes on Human-Centered AI” column: “The U.S. White House published President Biden’s Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and…

November 2023

Economic, employment and education systems must be massively restructured

by Sam Lehman-Wilzig

“AI will render almost all aspects of personal life much easier/smoother. However, advanced AI constitutes a direct threat to employment. True, past economic eras of technological advancement have not caused…

Michael Haines
Michael Haines
November 2023

AI will reshape everything, improving people’s lives and the performance of institutions

by Michael Haines

“I see a future where AI plays a central role in reshaping production, work, governance, economics, communications, healthcare, education and personal identity. The responsible use of AI can lead to…

Walid Al-Saqaf
Walid Al-Saqaf
November 2023

AI’s success will require maintaining a delicate balance between its vast potential and the challenges it introduces

by Walid Al-Saqaf

“By 2040 the ubiquity of AI will have reshaped numerous facets of our daily lives. Advanced personal AI assistants will likely be part of our routines, offering predictions and automations…

William Schrader
William Schrader
November 2023

Advances in artificial intelligence will add greater velocity to the vector of humanity’s troubles

by William Schrader

“AI – which is controlled by the wealthy and powerful – accelerates many threatening processes. And it is too late to stop it. “Think about the one-tenth of one percent…

Lorrayne Porciuncula
Lorrayne Porciuncula
November 2023

Agile governance must meet the dynamic challenges of future complex adaptive systems

by Lorrayne Porciuncula

“Managing and understanding the risks and nonlinearities of future advances will be a critical challenge from now and beyond. “Sophisticated models and agile governance mechanisms will be required to responsibly…

Devin Fidler
Devin Fidler
November 2023

If we design our institutional ‘operating systems’ correctly we can realize a future of unprecedented progress and well-being

by Devin Fidler

“The AI discourse has been too fixated on a possible impending doomsday due to AI that could spiral out of control. The pressing, tangible challenges just at the threshold of…

November 2023

It may take an existential threat to knock us off the pedestal of narrow critical thinking on AI

by Stephen Abram

“The best consequence of AI – which has existed in the scientific disciplines for many years but has now migrated to the humanities fields and the general consumer space –…

November 2023

Synthetic agents (‘synthetes’) will be mass produced and create a ‘privacy nightmare’

by Michael G. Dyer

“There will be many more deepfakes and more AI-generated misinformation in politics, which will make it more difficult to distinguish AI falsehoods from human-authored information. Minimally, laws are needed that…

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