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…
AI Presents an Opportunity to Liberate Humanity but New Norms in Human-Machine Communication Seem More Likely to Diminish Human-to-Human Connections
“Due to the wide range of products in use in 2025, we already have extensive experience with the effects of technology on our individual and collective humanity. Each of us…
We May Lose Our Human Unpredictability in a World in Which Algorithms Dictate the Terms of Engagement; These Systems Are Likely to Lead to the Erosion of Freedom and Authenticity
“Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) tied to brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and sophisticated surveillance technologies, among other applications, will deeply shape the social, political and economic spheres of life by 2035,…
‘We Fall in Love With the Technologies of Our Enslavement. … The Next Generation May Be One of No-Skilling in Regard to Essential Human Virtue Ethics’
“The human characteristics (such as empathy, moral judgment, decision-making and problem-solving skills, the capacity to learn) are virtues that are utterly central to human autonomy and flourishing. A ‘virtue’ is…
The Blurring of Societal and Cultural Boundaries Is Shifting the Essence of Being Human in Many Ways, Further Disrupting Human Relationships and Mental Health
“Multiple boundaries are going to blur or melt over the next decade, shifting the experience of being human in disconcerting ways. Among them: The boundary between reality and fiction: Deepfakes…
We Can Be Transformed If the Integration of Synthetic and Organic Intelligence Serves Human Flourishing in All its Unpredictable, Creative and Collective Forms
“By 2035, the essential nature of human experience will be transformed not through the transcendence of our biology, but through an unprecedented integration with synthetic systems that participate in creating…
Humans Must Design Organizational and Social Structures to Maintain the Capacity to Shape Their Individual and Collective Future or Cede Unprecedented Control to Those in Power
“The deepening partnership between humans and artificial intelligence through 2035 reveals a subtle but profound paradox of control. As we embrace AI agents and assistants that promise to enhance our…
AIs’ Founders Are Designing AI to Make its Actions Servant to its Aims With As Little Human Interference as Possible, Undermining Human Discernment
“Human achievements depend on cognitive capabilities that are threatened by humanity’s rising dependence on technology, and more recently, AI. Studies show that active curiosity is born of a capacity to…
Respect for Human Expertise and Authority Will Be Undermined, Trust Destroyed, and Utility Will Displace ‘Truth’ at a Time When Mass Unemployment Decimates Identity and Security
“It seems clear from the vantage point of 2025 that AI will be not just a once-in-a-generation but a once-in-a-hundred years transformative technology, on a par with the introduction of…
‘We Must Have the Courage to Establish Human Values in Code, Ethical Precepts, Policy and Regulation’
“Because the current wealth and income gap is dramatic and widening, I do not believe it is possible to generalize a common human experience in response to AI advances in…