The Hidden Risk of Letting AI Decide – Losing the Skills to Choose for Ourselves

Intellectual Takeout— As artificial intelligence creeps further into people’s daily lives, so do worries about it. At the most alarmist are concerns about AI going rogue and terminating its human masters. But behind the calls for a pause on the development of AI is a suite of more tangible social ills. Among them are the risks AI

ZDNet—Do employers want AI skills or AI-enhanced skills? That could depend on you. The AI age is creating some interesting new job roles for technology-focused individuals, but don't throw out those tried-and-true coding and integration skills just yet. Rather, AI may make what is considered "traditional" technology activities move faster and more productively. AI is at the core of many evolving technology roles, of course. Also: Tech giants hatch a plan for AI job losses: Reskill 95 million in 10 years"Currently, we are seeing a high demand for AI-focused roles," says Yusuf...

PsyPost—The hidden psychological risk of outsourcing decisions to AI. As artificial intelligence creeps further into people’s daily lives, so do worries about it. At the most alarmist are concerns about AI going rogue and terminating its human masters. But behind the calls for a pause on the development of AI is a suite of more tangible social ills. Among them are the risks AI poses to people’s privacy and dignity and the inevitable fact that, because the algorithms under AI’s hood are programmed by humans, it is just as biased and discriminatory as many of us....

The Guardian—‘I decided to not let anybody silence my voice’: the journalists in exile but still at risk. Threats from the state have led many journalists across the world to flee their home countries to report from elsewhere. But for many the intimidation did not stop when they leftIllustrations by Joe McKendryFardad Farahzad, journalist, Iran International Continue reading