as AI replaces the rote aspects of our lives, the premium on the intrinsic human experience increases this will be the last frontier we can explore that AI can’t meditation, physical exertion, altered states, sleep/dreaming – all will become cultural focal points
SOCIETY
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Humans Control AI Systems Like Software: Rejecting Unfounded Fears
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Humans decide what AI systems do just like humans decide what software systems do (in fact you can replace AI by software in your tweet). AI is just a new paradigm to build tech and it’s not helpful for the public debate to spread robocop/terminator fears IMO!
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America Should Recruit Talented People Like Pro Sports Teams
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Absolutely! America should be recruiting like a pro sports team, not making it insanely difficult for super talented people to become citizens.
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Media’s Role in Stoking Hatred: Critical Ethical Concerns
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There is great danger to media stoking the fires of hatred
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Pausing AI: Climate and Economic Consequences for Global Competition
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Let's say we hypothetically pause AI or even disallow it altogether and go back to old industrial era result-> we'd face accelerated catastrophic consequences from climate change +
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AI Won’t Replace You But AI Users Might
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AI is unlikely to take your job but someone using AI may is the likely story for the next few years and a reason for new skills training for both young and old. https://
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our-job-someone-who-uses-it-might-2023-5?r=US&IR=T
… The 2030s may be different as AI advances and merges into robotics in the real-world but even -
Major News Outlets Move in Lockstep on Coverage
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News Organizations Lose Narrative Control to Decentralized Platforms
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News orgs like to control the narrative & hate being corrected, but at least people know they can come to this platform for a more accurate understanding of the world
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AI-Using Managers Will Replace Those Who Don’t
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“AI may not replace managers, but the managers that use AI will replace the managers that do not,” Rob Thomas, chief commercial officer at IBM, said in a roundtable with reporters. “It really does change how people work.”
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Demolition Man’s Predictions About Future Technology Prove Surprisingly Accurate
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Demolition Man’s prediction of the future was shockingly accurate