Author: jonathansalembaskin

Embracing generative AI in the classroom is not the same thing as teaching kids to understand it and be critical of its function. It’s a cop-out. 

Belief in the authoritative and restorative powers of technology is a fantasy, and using it as an explanation for what is happening with AI at work, including its impacts on entry-level opportunities, isn’t remotely legitimate.

Using AI to “write” every melody possible and then throwing the copyright into the public domain is a cool stunt.

AIs can produce crap faster and more often and they don’t require healthcare or managerial encouragement.

I’m not overly worried about robots deciding to sell a stock at the same time. Human beings do it all the time. At least AIs might be expected to do it for better reasons, as well as react to such actions more sensibly. 

We can and should strive to ensure that AIs aren’t overly stupid or cruel, but the premise that we can build machines that don’t just operate efficiently but provide answers that please our ever-changing opinions about bias and truth is a fool’s errand.

The ultimate AI risk isn’t it fails, but rather that it succeeds and then we’re shocked by the world it gives us. 

I think we have unfairly low expectations for the moral capacity of AI engineers.