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AI ethicists are speaking out, but are we listening?
The future of our global society could look bleak if AI is left unregulated, but these five responsible technologists have ideas on how to change it.
Warren Buffet’s business partner, Charlie Munger, once said: “Show me the incentive, and I will show you the outcome.”
Attention has become the main incentive in our current economy. The more attention you receive, the more money you make.
According to Munger, we shouldn’t be surprised that, as of 2019, over half (57%) of Gen Z want to be social media influencers. Forget being an Astronaut or Firefighter when you can have fame and make five figures a month by the age of 12. Heck, some kids are even making millions.
So what’s the harm with this? The dark side is that many of those same children are at risk of suffering from severe mental health issues at some point in their lives due to their social media use, and we have few, if any, regulations around children's access to it.
Attention is a double-edged sword and a finite commodity. It reflects our priorities, and when we have it all sucked up by one thing, we have none left to give to more important demands like our health and well-being, real-life…
