I see “AI won’t take your job, someone using AI will take your job.“ don’t like this frame because:
1) “Your job”’ is more likely to transform over time than be “taken”
2) Some jobs will really disappear with AI
3) Using AI is going to get easier, it is isn’t a secret priesthood
SOCIETY
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AI Won’t Take Jobs, It Will Transform Them
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Existential AI Risks: Humanity’s Uncertain Future Ahead
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yeah we’re f’ed. Better enjoy the new nice years left.
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Tech Companies Face Cultural Clash: A Recurring Pattern
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This is like a textbook culture clash. You’d think these companies are smarter by now.
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Social Media Authoritarianism and Current World Politics
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Yes, and I wrote more about why this is a particularly bad idea particularly right now here https://
lpeproject.org/blog/social-me
dia-authoritarianism-and-the-world-as-it-is/
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AI Levels Up Bottom Performers, Offers Strategic Opportunity
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A persistent result of studies of AI on work (like our BCG study) is that AIs improve the performance of bottom performers. Yet AI is frequently benchmarked to average or best performers. A winning strategy could be to focus on maximizing the benefits of the leveling effect.
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Historical Technology Errors and Intellectual Property Practices Examined
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Apparently new information technologies have been beset by egregious errors and dubious IP practices for at least half a millennium.
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Mass Digital Surveillance Versus Historical Freedom From Monitoring
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"Our societies have not previously tolerated spaces that are beyond the reach of law enforcement" For 100s of 1000s of years, almost EVERY space was 'beyond the reach' of LE surveillance. Mass digital surveillance is a VERY recent development. PLS, read a book before spewing
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US Tech Surveillance Monopolies Military Ties Geopolitical Risk
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I am surprised you reflexively see large surveillance monopolies jurisdictioned in the US yoking themselves to the US military at a time of increasing volatility in the US (and beyond) as a solution to said “dangers”
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Managing Large Audiences: Social Media Strategy Tips
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Every so often I realize that I am sending stuff to over 200,000 followers and I panic slightly. The key to tweeting to a large audience is not to think about the audience too much. Don't look down. (And also delete stuff that you realize was a mistake to post)
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AI sheep technology threatens democratic systems worldwide
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That sheep may end up killing democracy.