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

Who will the AIs work for? Who controls the data they work with?

by John Battelle

“We’re at an inflection point as to the ecosystem we build to leverage AI. We have to choose, now, the assumptions we build into agency and rights for individuals interacting…

November 2023

Climate change, housing/refugee and economic inequity crises will play a huge role in 2040

by Christine Boese

“While AI is exploding now, it is not happening in isolation. Other factors are having a powerful impact on individuals and social systems, namely: “Some would set AI advancements and…

Frank Kaufmann
Frank Kaufmann
November 2023

Imagining that AI can replace humans ‘arises not from wrong views about tech, but from wrong views about being human’

by Frank Kaufmann

“I believe AI has just as much potential to be massively harmful as it has to be massively helpful. It is being rushed to market today in a hurry, in…

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…

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…

November 2023

Human-centered AI can succeed only if it includes all humans

by Melissa Sassi

“While AI innovation is moving faster than experts anticipated a year or two ago, the likelihood of human-level AI coming to fruition by 2040 is debatable. However, AI is and…

November 2023

‘We may lose the exceptionalism of biological life’; AI could be granted human rights

by Wolfgang Slany

“We shall eventually see our artificial general intelligences as full members of humanity; probably sooner than later. The United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights will apply once AGIs are…

November 2023

Maybe we should substitute the word ’Enter’ on our keyboards with ’Please,’ just in case…

by Maja Vujovic

“We’ve only had a couple of years in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to come to terms with what AI can do for us (or to us). In the…

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