When Bill Gates writes:
”The world needs to make sure that everyone—and not just people who are well-off—benefits from artificial intelligence. Governments and philanthropy will need to play a major role in ensuring that it reduces inequity and doesn’t contribute to it.”
I wonder what precedent makes him believe that the world, and governments, will be successful in this endeavor? What must governments do today to mitigate the potential harm? This is conveniently omitted.
Two more omissions in his piece that feel substantial to me:
- He does not in any way mention involving the people he intends to help, much comes across as a need for the ”brightest minds” in North America and Europe to make these decisions (history repeating itself).
- There is no acknowledgement of the energy required for all these applications, and by extension climate impact.
His book recommendations at the end give a clue as to what type of voices he values in this space.
https://www.gatesnotes.com/The-Age-of-AI-Has-Begun
”The world needs to make sure that everyone—and not just people who are well-off—benefits from artificial intelligence. Governments and philanthropy will need to play a major role in ensuring that it reduces inequity and doesn’t contribute to it.”
I wonder what precedent makes him believe that the world, and governments, will be successful in this endeavor? What must governments do today to mitigate the potential harm? This is conveniently omitted.
Two more omissions in his piece that feel substantial to me:
- He does not in any way mention involving the people he intends to help, much comes across as a need for the ”brightest minds” in North America and Europe to make these decisions (history repeating itself).
- There is no acknowledgement of the energy required for all these applications, and by extension climate impact.
His book recommendations at the end give a clue as to what type of voices he values in this space.
https://www.gatesnotes.com/The-Age-of-AI-Has-Begun
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@axbom regarding education paragraph- he mentions immediate feedback. This is not necessarily a good thing. As David Epstein writes in Range, many real creative environments are “wicked” with no immediate feedback, and with changing rules. Also he argues that most effective learning in long term looks aimless and disorganized in short term. There are cases where I use repetitive drills, but mostly for skills. I believe AI isn’t very useful for creativity and deep understanding.
@ProfT Excellent point, thank you! I really would like to do a complete breakdown of his text, but time is my enemy,
