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,…
‘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…
‘The current form of AI can actively weaken every characteristic of human resilience; in some cases, it seems intentionally designed to do so.’
“Here’s the dilemma: It’s highly likely that AI systems will play a much more significant role in shaping our decisions, work and daily lives over the next few decades, but…
Resilience ‘requires clear limits, enforceable governance frameworks and meaningful avenues for contesting automated decisions’; ‘red lines’ preserve accountability, agency and democracy.
“Artificial intelligence systems are already embedded in decisions that affect access to employment, credit, housing, public benefits, education and political participation. As these systems become more capable and more widely…
‘Coping means treating AI not as a gadget, but as governance.’ The ability to appeal high-stakes AI-mediated decisions, an ‘authenticity infrastructure,’ redundant systems, and more are required.
“AI systems will play a much more significant role in shaping our decisions, work and daily lives, not because ‘AI takes over,’ but because institutions will embed AI into the…
‘Allowing our lives to be monopolized by digital devices makes us less resilient, feeling less human and less confident in other humans. … It could be the most serious pandemic humanity has seen.’
“Raise your hand if you aren’t experiencing these: Confusion. Disorientation. Loss of contact with yourself, with reality. Conflating truths. Lack of trust in others and ourselves. Self-doubt of our senses…
‘I’d argue that resilience becomes much more a matter of intentional design than brilliant engineering at this point. … It may be time to establish a Humans Union; I’m only half-joking.’
“It seems clear that, unless we hit a huge unforeseen limit on the further development of AI technologies, they are going to play a much more significant role in our…