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"Instead of seeking to outperform the human brain, I should have sought to understand the human heart"
Oh really?
It took a bout with cancer for Kai-Fu Lee, a lifelong voice and leader in artificial intelligence, to have a pseudo-Buddhist epiphany that we need to aim to have a society that is based on compassion. The emergence of AI is anything but that. He seems to be trapped in two worlds: a spiritual one where he is trying to reconnect with his humanity and the AI world which is dehumanizing us (although he won't admit this). His vision for the world is that wealth generated from AI can build a society that is more compassionate, loving, and human---which is so incredibly naive and delusional. Tech will make life more efficient, but a symbiosis with AI is a dehumanizing endeavour
The forecast is gloom: 40-50% of jobs will be displaced in 10-20 years; unemployment may rise to 20%; and we might live in a world where every few years people have to make lateral moves to learn new skills just to stay afloat as AI displaces blue and white collar jobs. Job security won't exist. Lee's optimistic view that AI can serve as an opportunity to nurture our humanistic values by adding more of a 'human touch' to jobs is delusional. There will be no need for human labour in any position that AI can fill.
The future of work for humans are jobs that aren't 'automatable'. Work that splits tasks with humans and AI is just a transition period as people get phased out once the technology advances. Lee believes that implementing a UBI would serve as a painkiller and sedative. He believes it's necessary, but somehow thinks that corporations and governments will band together to restructure society to benefit people. I have mixed feelings about UBI as I believe it's a misallocation of money and isn't a sophisticated solution. I think financial aid programs need to be set up for middle class and lower, similar with what is happening with COVID-19, to help people who have been displaced with work until their back on their feet. Welfare programs would continue for others who need it.
Bottom line: The future sounds bleak. Big corporation will shape the world and the gap between the wealthy will widen considerably with AI leaders becoming trillionaires. Kai-Fu Lee's vision of AI being an opportunity to help us get in touch with our humanity and understand ourselves better sounds a bit delusional. What is coming is social uproar and more inequality. Oh, and hopefully these tech guys and gals don't create the superintelligent AI that eventually wipes us out. Fun times ahead!
3/5
Oh really?
It took a bout with cancer for Kai-Fu Lee, a lifelong voice and leader in artificial intelligence, to have a pseudo-Buddhist epiphany that we need to aim to have a society that is based on compassion. The emergence of AI is anything but that. He seems to be trapped in two worlds: a spiritual one where he is trying to reconnect with his humanity and the AI world which is dehumanizing us (although he won't admit this). His vision for the world is that wealth generated from AI can build a society that is more compassionate, loving, and human---which is so incredibly naive and delusional. Tech will make life more efficient, but a symbiosis with AI is a dehumanizing endeavour
The forecast is gloom: 40-50% of jobs will be displaced in 10-20 years; unemployment may rise to 20%; and we might live in a world where every few years people have to make lateral moves to learn new skills just to stay afloat as AI displaces blue and white collar jobs. Job security won't exist. Lee's optimistic view that AI can serve as an opportunity to nurture our humanistic values by adding more of a 'human touch' to jobs is delusional. There will be no need for human labour in any position that AI can fill.
The future of work for humans are jobs that aren't 'automatable'. Work that splits tasks with humans and AI is just a transition period as people get phased out once the technology advances. Lee believes that implementing a UBI would serve as a painkiller and sedative. He believes it's necessary, but somehow thinks that corporations and governments will band together to restructure society to benefit people. I have mixed feelings about UBI as I believe it's a misallocation of money and isn't a sophisticated solution. I think financial aid programs need to be set up for middle class and lower, similar with what is happening with COVID-19, to help people who have been displaced with work until their back on their feet. Welfare programs would continue for others who need it.
Bottom line: The future sounds bleak. Big corporation will shape the world and the gap between the wealthy will widen considerably with AI leaders becoming trillionaires. Kai-Fu Lee's vision of AI being an opportunity to help us get in touch with our humanity and understand ourselves better sounds a bit delusional. What is coming is social uproar and more inequality. Oh, and hopefully these tech guys and gals don't create the superintelligent AI that eventually wipes us out. Fun times ahead!
3/5