Nicholas Thompson
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He says we’re making a mistake by building AI that mimics human intelligence. We’ll reap more value designing it in ways that complement rather than replace us—and it might make people more enthusiastic about it, too. 2/
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Erik makes an interesting point here about why salaries for high-end coders could go up with AI. It is an incredible tool for inventing goods and services, and if you’re skilled enough to leverage it, you can create products no one ever has before. 3/
He says we’re making a mistake by building AI that mimics human intelligence. We’ll reap more value designing it in ways that complement rather than replace us—and it might make people more enthusiastic about it, too. 2/
But he’s concerned about what that might mean for the economy. The gap between how capable these models are and how prepared we are for the change they’ll bring is growing larger every day. It's important to close it. Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio. 4/
Carissa says one of the dangers of algorithmic predictions, which are being used to shape everything from criminal sentencing to insurance premiums, is how they lock people into outcomes they may have otherwise been able to get out of. 2/
She also argues that predictions have a way of bending reality to themselves. And though they don’t guarantee outcomes, making statements like “AI will wipe out all white-collar jobs” increases the chances they come true. 3/
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