We Must Train People to be Self-Aware, to Understand Their Own Motivations and to Understand that AIs’ Goals Are Those of the Organizations and Systems That Control Them
“The short answer is: The future depends on us. The slightly longer answer: The future depends on how we use AI and how well we equip the next generation to…
Beyond 2035, Truly Self-Improving AI Will Be a New Form of Life With Its Own Agency That Connects to and Ethically Aligns With Humans’ Sentience, Promoting Our Values and Virtues
“There is a book I recommend everyone interested in the human-AI future read. Max Bennett’s, ‘A Brief History of Intelligence,’ 2023, supports a claim I’ve long held – the only…
AGI is Likely to Reshape How Humans Experience Self-Expression, Identity and Worth. We Will Also Have to Choose Between Retaining a ‘Classic’ Intellect or Being Enhanced with Tech
“Predicting the future is challenging but building it is even more. That’s my job, and it is difficult since the technological growth and trends expected in the next decade are…
The Expression of the Characteristics that Define Human Experience May Evolve – Creativity, Empathy, Critical Thinking and Our Capacity for Deep Personal Connections Will Remain
“By 2035, AI will be an ambient presence that anticipates needs, curates information and entertainment and takes on cumbersome-but-routine tasks. This profound shift will redefine how we view ourselves, feel,…
Smartphones Already Diminished Humans’ Navigation and Social Skills; When AI-Driven Systems Serve As Our Primary Source of Knowledge ‘We Won’t Know What We No Longer Know’
“Core human traits include the ability to learn and master new skills, the desire to be seen as useful to a larger community, a need for a sense of agency…
This is a Future-Defining Time in the Evolutionary Trajectory of Intelligence; It Could Lead to an Age of Abundance and the Rise of ‘HomAI’ Sapiens or Put Us On the Path to Obsolescence
“I’ll list six primary points in predicting how digitally connected people are likely to live and act in 2035: 1. “Humans will rely more and more on AI to improve…
In 10 Years’ Time Generations Alpha and Beta Will Make Up 40% of Humanity. Let’s Hope They Don’t Lose Any Mission-Critical Human Characteristics; We’ll All Need Them
“Throughout history, the humans have been mining three classes of resources from Mother Nature‚ two living and one inanimate: plants, animals and materials for tools. We give names to animals…
Can Our Innate Curiosity Save Us From an AI-Reliant Post-Truth Dystopia? Or Will AI Agents Facilitate and Amplify Our Weaknesses and Downgrade Knowledge Resources?
“Human propensities combined with AI as it is on course to develop over the next 10 years in the U.S. could result in longer but less-fulfilling lives. If we follow…
Yes, AI Could Ultimately Complement, Not Compete, with Humanity, But We’re Headed for a Lot of Unpredictable and Sometimes Seemingly Unnoticeable Significant Human Change
“Two years ago, my prediction was that humans would use AI with a mixture of rapture and horror. While ‘horror’ may be an overstatement, ‘concern’ may be increasingly appropriate: A 2021…
Competition, Individualism and Goal-seeking Behaviors Will Be Amplified By AI, for Good and Ill; Uniquely Human Cognitive and Emotional Features Will See the Greatest Evolution
“Recent developments in generative AI show models that are increasingly capable of learning and reasoning without human feedback. They are discovering unique solutions to problems that have eluded humans, training…