It's so sad that this AI movement never even considers solving problems for humans. They solve problems for companies.
There are so many problems in the world that tech can solve. Heck, do you have to look far to see how disproportionate even the tech is evolving?
But we… Show more
It's so sad that this AI movement never even considers solving problems for humans. They solve problems for companies. There are so many problems in the world that tech can solve. Heck, do you have to look far to see how disproportionate even the tech is evolving? But we… Show more
The tendency to think of A.I. as a magical problem solver is indicative of a desire to avoid the hard work that building a better world requires. That hard work will involve things like addressing wealth inequality and taming capitalism. For technologists, the hardest work of all—the task that they most want to avoid—will be questioning the assumpt
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Is there a way for A.I. to do something other than sharpen the knife blade of capitalism?
Ted Chiang • Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey?

Technology is both the problem and the solution.
L'Atelier • Economic opportunities for our avatars | Social Mobility in the Digital Age | L'Atelier
The problem isn’t that machines are becoming more human-like, it’s that humans are becoming more machine-like in an effort to keep up.