I first encountered and commented on the world of artificial intelligence (AI) in a limited way, given my thin technological depth, in response to a June 2018 article in the Atlantic by the late Henry Kissinger entitled “How the Enlightenment Ends”, in which he makes the case that–philosophically, intellectually, in every way–human society is totally unprepared for the explosive growth of it. Since that time I have read almost everything I can get my hands on to expand my understanding of what AI represents to humanity, again given my technological limitations. Fortunately, as many of you might know, before his death, Kissinger teamed with two co-authors in publishing what might be considered sort of an “AI 101” textbook or road map for people like me. The book is The Age of AI and Our Human Future. The two Kissinger co-authors are Eric Schmidt, an accomplished technologist and entrepreneur, and Daniel Huttenlocher, Dean of the MIT College of Computing, who bring obviously significant depth to the various revolutionary implications of the opportunities and threats posed by AI. Big strategic decisions are to be made here and the critical question is, who decides? This book can help and I highly recommend it.
Thanks Jim. I will buy and read this book to enhances limited knowledge of AI.
I am fascinated by AI but also have reservations about its ultimate good and bad capabilities.
Science fiction had proven that “anything the mind can imagine can become a reality”.
I too have very limited knowledge of where the development of AI will ultimately take humanity. However, I’ve long believed that many, if not the majority of our social problems are driven by a cultural and technological evolution that by far outpaced any physical evolution. AI is here and if history is a good indicator, I doubt our ability to manage it well. Just watch people and their interaction with their phones/handheld computers.
Just need AI to find my gravesite — I leave all the other features to the younger generation.
Thanks for another great tip.
Being A christian and having studied scripture—I find it easy to undestand where A1 is leaading us. You do it your way–I have what I consider as positive proof of the end results.
I have a friend with contacts in higher education who says AI will be the end of education as we know it. The next generation will not need to learn to think; just know how to ask the question so AI will do the work. No need to read a map, no need for creative writing, etc. How will teachers know who or what wrote the essay?