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January 20, 2024
AI: Opportunities and challenges
AI was a hot topic in multiple sessions in Davos this week. Discussions were clear on the potential, for example, to accelerate scientific discovery, as both Satya Nadella and Albert Bourla told us. But, there were also consistent calls, from both the public and private sectors, for governance, regulation and the equitable distribution of its benefits.
Brad Smith called for a global approach to regulations, Jeremy Hunt said regulations should be ‘light-touch’, while Sam Altman said that all people must be involved in the development of the technology, because AI won’t replace our understanding of each other.
“Humans know what other humans want. Humans are going to have better tools. We’ve had better tools before, but we’re still very focused on each other.”
Ensuring workforces of the future are prepared and able to take advantage of all that AI offers will be essential as well, as Julie Sweet told us in our Generative AI: Steam Engine of the Fourth Industrial Revolution? on Tuesday.
As Hadi Partovi stressed, we need to teach AI tools to everyone, so they don’t lose out to someone who understands the technology better.
Philosopher Michael Sandel explored the ethical questions AI poses, beyond jobs, fairness, privacy and democracy to whether technology would affect what it means to be human.
Finally there was some consensus that human qualities will prevail and that human connection will remain relevant.
Nick Clegg highlighted the need for the political, societal and ethical debate to happen “in parallel” as the technology is evolving.
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Brad Smith called for a global approach to regulations, Jeremy Hunt said regulations should be ‘light-touch’, while Sam Altman said that all people must be involved in the development of the technology, because AI won’t replace our understanding of each other.
As Hadi Partovi stressed, we need to teach AI tools to everyone, so they don’t lose out to someone who understands the technology better.
Nick Clegg highlighted the need for the political, societal and ethical debate to happen “in parallel” as the technology is evolving.
