Category: Op-Eds
Henry Kissinger: How the enlightenment ends | THE ATLANTIC
‘The Enlightenment started with essentially philosophical insights spread by a new technology. Our period is moving in the opposite direction. It has generated a potentially dominating technology in search of a guiding philosophy. ‘ IN THE ATLANTIC Henry Kissinger worries that…
Philipp Gerbert: AI and the ‘Augmentation’ Fallacy | MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW
‘Executives need to prepare their people to “go meta,” leaving the constraints of the environment and moving to a higher abstraction or complementary level.’ Physicist and consultant Philipp Gerbert says the current focus on AI as a task assistant ‘is…
Fei Fei Li: How to Make A.I. That’s Good for People | NEW YORK TIMES
‘Despite its name, there is nothing “artificial” about this technology — it is made by humans, intended to behave like humans and affects humans. So if we want it to play a positive role in tomorrow’s world, it must be…
Alfred Hermida: ‘We may be sleepwalking toward a future where AI systems dominate digital communications’ | POLICY OPTIONS
‘The era of AI heralds a new phase of disruption for the media. For journalists, it means becoming fluent in AI, understanding how to deploy new tools for ethical and responsible storytelling.’ IN POLICY OPTIONS Alfred Hermida argues the news industry needs to…
Paul Chadwick: As technology develops, so must journalists’ codes of ethics | THE GUARDIAN
‘A clause something like: “When using artificial intelligence to augment your journalism, consider its compatibility with the values of this code. Software that ‘thinks’ is increasingly useful, but it does not necessarily gather or process information ethically.”’ IN THE GUARDIAN…