A message to my daughters: Don’t get left behind
Source: Fortune ·
This Fall, my younger daughter entered college; her sister is starting her third year. This is what I want to tell them about AI hype.
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By now, you’ve heard from your professors about their AI policies. Perhaps you’ve also heard that AI is destroying the college experience, or that AI might cause the extinction of the human race. Or maybe AI will cure all cancers, end global poverty, and deliver superintelligence for everyone. It’s no wonder college graduates are booing commencement speakers who talk about AI and doomerism has taken over the news: Everything they have heard about it has convinced them that AI is malignant, or at least dangerously unpredictable. However, to sit this out and let events take their course could be a lapse of judgment you spend a lifetime regretting. Some of AI’s most outspoken commentators, including Nobel laureates, have also been among the most mistaken. I run a company that makes autonomous robots, one of the most exciting applications of recent advances in AI, so I have an obvious stake. This also means I see the tradeoffs at street level. Robots are not omniscient beings. They often…