Good article, Arwa! AI may be scary, fast-moving, and difficult for many of us to grasp, but there is an encouraging precedent. In the 1940s nuclear technology offered a range of hard-to-evaluate promises and threats. Some thought it would spell the end of civilization. But we actually got through the past 78 years with few lives lost from nuclear, and many benefits in electricity, food safety, medical treatment, etc.
This happened because we built a multi-tiered regulatory structure that works (peer-to-peer, national and international). AI may be scary but we can't put it back in the can; we'll have to contain its risks and make it work for us.
Good article, Arwa! AI may be scary, fast-moving, and difficult for many of us to grasp, but there is an encouraging precedent. In the 1940s nuclear technology offered a range of hard-to-evaluate promises and threats. Some thought it would spell the end of civilization. But we actually got through the past 78 years with few lives lost from nuclear, and many benefits in electricity, food safety, medical treatment, etc.
This happened because we built a multi-tiered regulatory structure that works (peer-to-peer, national and international). AI may be scary but we can't put it back in the can; we'll have to contain its risks and make it work for us.