| It was fascinatingto read the recent piece in @The Free Press by @Tyler Cowen and @Avital Balwit, “AI Will Change What It Is to Be Human. Are We Ready?” They asked, “What does it mean to be human in an age of superintelligent machines? What exactly is special about our minds? What is there left for our species to do?”
We at @IDTF Center have been looking at these essential questions for a while. Scores of experts addressed them in our recent report, “Being Human in 2035,” and the verdict was mixed among experts about the degree to which the change would be negative or positive. There is a rich and diverse set of perspectives in the 286-page report and in these quite special offerings that we have created as blog posts:
Alexa Raad is a longtime technology executive and host of the TechSequences podcast. Her essay’s title: The Expression of the Characteristics that Define Human Experience May Evolve – Creativity, Empathy, Critical Thinking and Our Capacity for Deep Personal Connections Will Remain.
David Vivancos is CEO at MindBigData.com and author of “The End of Knowledge.” His essay’s title: Self-Expression, Identity and Worth. We Will Also Have to Choose Between Retaining a ‘Classic’ Intellect or Being Enhanced with Tech.
John M. Smart is a global futurist, foresight consultant, entrepreneur and CEO of Foresight University. His essay’s title: Beyond 2035, Truly Self-Improving AI Will Be a New Form of Life With Its Own Agency That Connects to and Ethically Aligns With Humans’ Sentience, Promoting Our Values and Virtues.
Marcus van der Erve is a sociologist and physicist based in Antwerp, Belgium, and author of “PalpableVoice: To Survive, Humanity Must be Reprogrammed; AI Will Do it.” His essay’s title: Trajectory of Intelligence; It Could Lead to an Age of Abundance and the Rise of ‘HomAI’ Sapiens or Put Us On the Path to Obsolescence.
Henning Schulzrinne is an Internet Hall of Fame member, former co-chair of the Internet Technical Committee of the IEEE and professor of computer science at Columbia University. His essay’s title: Smartphones Already Diminished Humans’ Navigation and Social Skills; When AI-Driven Systems Serve As Our Primary Source of Knowledge ‘We Won’t Know What We No Longer Know’.
Maja Vujovic is a book editor, writer and coach at Compass Communications in Belgrade, Serbia. Her essay’s title: In 10 Years’ Time Generations Alpha and Beta Will Make Up 40% of Humanity. Let’s Hope They Don’t Lose Any Mission-Critical Human Characteristics; We’ll All Need Them.
Juan Ortiz Freuler is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Southern California and co-initiator of the non-aligned tech movement. His essay’s title: The Accelerating Application of Automation Will Reshape Human Capabilities and Reorganize the Entire Framework That Underlies Our Understanding of the Individual and Society.
Rosalie R. Day is co-founder of Blomma, a platform providing digital solutions to clinical research studies. Her essay’s title: Can Our Innate Curiosity Save Us From an AI-Reliant Post-Truth Dystopia? Or Will AI Agents Facilitate and Amplify Our Weaknesses and Downgrade Knowledge Resources?
Chris Labash is an associate professor of communication and innovation at Carnegie Mellon University. His essay’s title: Yes, AI Could Ultimately Complement, Not Compete, with Humanity, But We’re Headed for a Lot of Unpredictable and Sometimes Seemingly Unnoticeable Significant Human Change.
Chris Arkenberg is senior research manager at Deloitte’s Center for Technology, Media and Telecommunication. His essay’s title: Competition, Individualism and Goal-seeking Behaviors Will Be Amplified By AI, for Good and Ill; Uniquely Human Cognitive and Emotional Features Will See the Greatest Evolution. |
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