Human-centered AI can succeed only if it includes all humans
“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…
‘We may lose the exceptionalism of biological life’; AI could be granted human rights
“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…
Will AI amplify or reverse trajectories we are now riding?
“If we avoid succumbing to an existential crisis, by 2040 AI will have changed life for those who can afford expensive health care and surgical procedures, homes and vehicles constructed…
Should AIs be required to get a ‘driver’s license’ that certifies them as socially competent?
“Let’s confront some big questions about AI in a Q-A-style interview format: “Question: Where does AI begin and where does it end? The answer is that AI will probably have…
‘It is imperative to start questioning AI and big data assumptions, values and biases’
“The power of AI to solve problems and transform life should not erase the need for vision or human insight. The more AI advances, the more I feel that people…
Maybe we should substitute the word ’Enter’ on our keyboards with ’Please,’ just in case…
“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…
Don’t underestimate the dangers of unintended consequences embraced out of ignorance
“In the next 15 or so years, AI (not AGI) will arguably complement humans by improving the productivity of workers of every kind and by creating new, augmented tasks and…
‘AI’s ubiquity will tempt us to give up ownership, control and responsibility’
“Predicting the future is a tricky business under the best of circumstances and the world in 2023 is pretty far from the best of circumstances. At its core, AI is…
Reinventing democracies’ infrastructures can cut the likelihood of dystopia by 85%
“Our future depends upon what we choose to do and invest in. It is as if all of society is in vehicles navigating treacherous mountain passes with engines that are…
We’re in a world in which misinformation can feed off prior hallucinations
“Advances in science and medicine will likely be accelerated through the use of AI, perhaps in ways that are currently unimaginable. “There is a great deal to be hoped for…