‘Transition is the new normal. … It is not about bouncing back to where we were, but about continuously adapting to where we are going,’ taking charge as the agents of our adaptation.
“Digital transformation is not an event but a continuous condition requiring ongoing adaptive practice. To thrive amid constant change, we must cultivate cognitive, emotional, social and ethical capacities that enable…
Resilience in the AI era takes two forms: adaptive coping and agency enabling. Both are necessary, but we must shape AI to support agency. Too much adaptive coping can erode moral clarity and action.
“Artificial intelligence changes how we work, learn, access services, consume information and make decisions. The most immediate concern is that AI can undermine individual and societal resilience: It can destabilize…
‘AI is the surest way to a global catastrophe humanity has so far invented. … Can we create a new movement for moral and ethical considerations before the AI hurricane destroys half of humanity?’
“I confess to being an AI aficionado – I have been one since 1964. My education and research experience make me a critical observer, not a blind fan. I have…
By 2035, Synthetic Sentiences Will Vastly Outnumber Us; We Will Reinvent Ourselves, Our Communities and Our Cultures
“Tools inevitably transform both the tool maker and tool user. To paraphrase McLuhan, first we invent our technologies, and then we use our technologies to reinvent ourselves, as individuals, as…
By 2035, ‘Authenticity is De Facto Dead’: Change Could Lead to Multiplicity of the Self, One-Way Relationships and Isolation Through Personalized ‘Realities’
“In my work as a professional futurist, I have developed a number of futures scenarios and emerging-future personas. The following list highlights some of the specific trends that I see…
By 2035, Supernormal Stimuli Engineered to Trigger Humans and Individually Calibrated AI Companions Will Profoundly Reshape Human Experience
“By 2035, the integration of AI into daily life will profoundly reshape human experience through increasingly sophisticated supernormal stimuli – artificial experiences engineered to trigger human psychological responses more intensely…
We can create a great future, but it will require new infrastructure, policies and norms
“How our individual lives and society will change with the diffusion of AI depends less on technological innovations and more on policies and institutional arrangements in which they develop. It…
AI threatens to require society to redefine ‘what it means to be a person’ in the digital realm
“The outcome by 2040 depends a great deal, if not entirely, upon the regulatory framework created around AI. If we just consider the Internet, there have certainly been areas where…
The questions are, ‘Can humans say “no” to AI, and can AI say “no” to humans?’
“There are two critical uncertainties as we imagine 2040 scenarios: “In other words, can humans say ‘no’ to AI, and can AI say ‘no’ to humans? Note that the existence…