As society ponders the burgeoning AI revolution, it is quite reasonable to look at downsides of…
“When the time comes to hang the last capitalist, he will sell us the rope.”
PC and smartphone manufacturers are racing to put AI chips into their devices. Eager…
There is a vigorous debate underway about the role Generative AI should play in education. Should we keep the technology out? Actively hunt down things written by ChatGPT? Develop GAI-based tutoring systems?
AI leaders are making strong statements about the looming employment apocalypse. AI is poised to boost productivity which is likely to result in fewer employees necessary to do the same work. Indeed, some disciplines may disappear entirely and be replaced by automation. History…
AI Demands National Purpose and Urgency
Generative AI heralds the dawn of a new era for which we, as a nation and as western society, are wholly unprepared. The power of free market capitalism and neural science has handed the…
National Investments to Win the AI Race
The emergence of Generative AI is as fundamental as the emergence of Nuclear Fission and it announces the start of a world-transforming race that secular democracies must win. To win that race…
Societally Sound AI Requires Hard Rules
As discussed in OpenAtom 5, the government should build a “National AI and Cybersafety Agency” (NACA) that drives the governance and development of AI. This governance must embrace a dual mandate of…
It’s Time to Get Organized
If AI has implications as broad and fundamental as nuclear fission, then we must decisively intervene to harness and guide its development. The obvious question is “How?” How do we choose just…
OpenAtom 4: Charting Our National AI Course
National policy is often an exercise in duality. We challenge the Federal Reserve to keep inflation…