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The Future of Human Agency (www.pewresearch.org)
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Experts agree that powerful corporate and government authorities will expand the role of AI in people’s daily lives in useful ways. But many worry these systems will diminish individuals’ ability to control their choices.

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[–] rysiek@szmer.info 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Experts agree that powerful corporate and government authorities will expand the role of AI in people’s daily lives in useful ways.

No. No they do not agree on that!

The compulsion to show 'balance' by always referring to AI's alleged potential for good should be dropped by acknowledging that the social benefits are still speculative while the harms have been empirically demonstrated.

(from one of the links above)

Enough with the "experts agree AI is great" bullcrap already!

[–] ailiphilia@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

According to the survey cited in the article, the participating experts say that AI will also have useful implications, although the majority agrees that they will be outweighed by negative effects.

I am personally convinced of the latter and agree with Alejandro Pisanty saying that "the future is to be determined by the agendas of commercial interests and governments, to our chagrin". The biggest problem imho is that this topic is almost exclusively discussed within professional circles. The wider public is completely unaware what lies ahead.

What we urgently needed is a broad discussion across the entire society, and this requires to communicate the relevant topics in a language the wider "non-tech" public can understand.

We need to ignite real public conversations to help people fully understand the stakes of these developments

I fully agree with this quote by Kathryn Bouskill.

[–] rysiek@szmer.info 3 points 2 years ago

I am personally convinced of the latter and agree with Alejandro Pisanty saying that “the future is to be determined by the agendas of commercial interests and governments, to our chagrin”. The biggest problem imho is that this topic is almost exclusively discussed within professional circles. The wider public is completely unaware what lies ahead.

Absolutely correct.

What we urgently needed is a broad discussion across the entire society, and this requires to communicate the relevant topics in a language the wider “non-tech” public can understand.

Yup. Doing my part in Polish:
https://oko.press/chatgpt-cala-prawda-o-wielkich-modelach-jezykowych