Don’t Fuss About Training AIs. Train Our Kids
It’s easy to see how AI could tear us apart. But it’s also easy to see how it could unite us. Technology can force us to study ourselves, and figure out our own strengths and limitations. Machines can foster resilience and creativity, as we come up with new and creative ways to stay ahead. And AI and automation could bring us together, armed with n... See more
Kevin Roose • Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation
Conn McQuinn
Jul 4
First, if we don't have sufficient in-brain skill and knowledge, we won't know what to ask the AI to do or how to interpret the products it creates. Second, if we turn over our thinking to AI, we are doing ourselves harm. I don't mean that in the metaphorical sense. Our brains are like muscles, and the harder they are used, the st... See more
Jul 4
First, if we don't have sufficient in-brain skill and knowledge, we won't know what to ask the AI to do or how to interpret the products it creates. Second, if we turn over our thinking to AI, we are doing ourselves harm. I don't mean that in the metaphorical sense. Our brains are like muscles, and the harder they are used, the st... See more
Ethan Mollick • Gradually, then Suddenly: Upon the Threshold
I’m proposing a pragmatic approach: treat AI as if it were human because, in many ways, it behaves like one. This mindset, which echoes my “treat it like a person” principle of AI, can significantly improve your understanding of how and when to use AI in a practical, if not technical, sense.
AI excels at tasks that are intensely human. It can write,
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