AI conversations happening now could shape generations – and we are living at the center of them.
For millennia, humans have pursued invention to improve their lives. But new technologies don’t necessarily make us happier, healthier, or safer — and rarely impact all communities equally. Where they help and where they harm is often determined by the priorities of the people who create them, and the systems built to support them. Artificial intelligence has the potential to touch every major pillar in society, from personalized medicine to synthetic relationships to transportation.
As a society, we do not have to let AI be used in harmful ways. We could instead craft our society to use AI only for jobs that people don’t want to do. We could have it help us with the tedious and boring things, which could allow us to all have more time and for more resources to be dedicated to being creative and doing things that we enjoy.
That, of course, will require some shifting priorities and values in our society as a whole (especially at the top), but it is possible.”
GRACIE ERMIE
MACHINE LEARNING SCIENIST
“INTELLIGENT LIFE” CONTRIBUTORThe choices we make, experiments we try, and the values we prioritize could shape how future generations discuss the impacts of this chapter.
KEY THEMES
These card decks explore what needs to be done to pursue the benefits while protecting against the risks of artificial intelligence.
Data ethics
Originality
Trust in technology
Accuracy
Technology capabilities
Algorithmic bias
