Read an interesting book – The Big Nine by Amy Webb. Highlights intricacies of artificial intelligence (AI). How powerful corporations are turning the human-machine relationship on it’s head.
We speak with Alexa, contribute data to a system we can’t see, have no control over. A system largely free from regulations or oversight. A need to pro-actively assess risks of AI as we use it everyday – share, speak to machines when nudged.
A possible future scenario may be ‘learned helplessness’ where we can only make choices through smart device recommendations, create a constant stream of personal data that impacts practical lives.
Big 9 corporations – Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba, Microsoft, IBM, Apple are new gods of AI. Changing futures to reap financial gains, service humanity.
Amy Webb shares pervasive, invisible ways in which foundations of AI – people, technology, systems, goals can be disruptive, innovative. Within our life-time AI could think, act in ways which defy human logic.
Big 9 corporations may inadvertently build, enable vast arrays of intelligent systems that may not share motivations, hopes for future of humanity. A balanced, human-centred approach is preferred.
