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I haven’t despatched this article since November due to the fascinating phenomenon I used to be witnessing within the AI discourse on-line. It looks like issues are solely shifting quicker, firms are racing and inflating expectations on what AI can do, thought leaders are giving reckless recommendation, and persons are extra anxious and anxious than ever. The divide between “pro-AI” and “anti-AI” camps is just rising.
I see you and I hear you. One thing feels flawed.
Whether or not you’re an workplace employee, artist, instructor, or a enterprise proprietor, you’ve most likely requested your self how AI will have an effect on your life, work, or trade as a complete. I’ve requested myself that query quite a bit and I’m nonetheless attempting to determine the solutions.
My guiding perception is that AI ought to solely be used to reinforce folks and never substitute or hurt them. Idealistic, I do know. However no one needs a future the place we’re all just like the Axiom People in WALL-E.
The long run is by design, so we have to ask ourselves: what sort of future do we wish?
In my introductory Substack put up from September 2021, I wrote:
All of us design the long run with our selections, regardless of how small.
We design the long run by means of the businesses we make investments our money and time in, applied sciences we settle for or reject, the merchandise we purchase, the way in which we deal with others, the way in which we educate, the knowledge we share…
How can all of us make the best selections once we’re not outfitted with the best information and are solely getting bombarded with noise and sensationalism?
The “AI literacy” hole is actual, and it’s not nearly figuring out each AI device or immediate engineering method. It’s about understanding the first rules of AI. Similar to we have to construct monetary literacy to make higher selections about our cash.
We can not design or management what we don’t perceive. To reduce AI’s dangers and maximize its advantages, we must be outfitted with the best information, psychological fashions, and language to make these crucial selections about our life and work responsibly. AI literacy additionally acts as a social safeguard for us in opposition to misinformation, misleading promoting, and different harms.
For that motive, I’ve determined to return to the place it began with Yr 2049: comics and visuals that talk info and nuance.
I’ve been working arduous on a 7-part illustrated video sequence referred to as “What it’s essential learn about AI”. It’s my try at demystifying how AI works and its capabilities, assist you to acknowledge how AI is being utilized to programs throughout you, and its severe issues like bias and power use.
For the following 7 days, you’ll obtain one quick video explaining the next ideas:
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The varieties of AI
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How machines study
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How AI turns into biased
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How AI generates textual content
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How AI generates photographs
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The power value of AI
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A quick historical past of AI
I plan on increasing and updating this sequence over time with extra content material. In case you have any requests, please share them within the feedback or by replying to this e mail.
My promise to you is that it received’t be a waste of time.
See you tomorrow,
Fawzi
