using gen AI in two modes: as an executor (helping with writing, summarizing, coding, translating, and information retrieval) and as a thought partner (for brainstorming, problem solving, or challenging ideas).
I’m happy to let my thermostat automatically turn my heat on and off or to let an AI drive a car or optimize the traffic lights in a city. I’m less sure about an AI that sets tax rates, or corporate regulations or foreign policy. Or an AI that tells us that it can’t explain why, but strongly urges us to declare war—right now