Absolutely fascinating, nice to see it laid out so thoughtfully, hold on to your hats! it is eventually going to be a much happier and far more human life ahead for our children, this stultified grey pablum currently being offered to so many will hopefully be washed away, thank you for that extremely interesting…
Brilliant article. For sure it gave me a sense of direction for my Daughters’ future… a lot of food for thought. Thank you for sharing your perspective 🧚🏼♂️
I believe in your optimism and the positive transformative power of this new era of AI. My worry is that the path to this future in the short term (five to ten years) could be a time of many incredibly disruptive, violent crises. Our society is so complex, fragile and interdependent that any major change will have to break the fabric of society before rebuilding it into a more positive future state. And so, when thinking about my children, I worry that they will not be the beneficiaries of these changes. Instead they will have to endure the twists and turns of our society as it dies and is reborn. Maybe their children will enjoy a new life where human emotions, empathy and micro-communities are the core of the economy. The bridge to this future may involve large scale pain, dislocation and sacrifice just like so many past societal shifts. Maybe for some this will be an amazing journey but there will also be many left behind on the sinking remnants as society discards the elements it no longer needs. If this transformation could happen over a century we would have time to adapt and reframe our lives, jobs and identities. But if it happens as quickly as the AI experts believe how can we avoid the temporary but severe implications of such a sharp and deep shift?
So much here that mirrors my own thinking. We need to catch up!
Thanks for reading Brian; we absolutely should!
Absolutely fascinating, nice to see it laid out so thoughtfully, hold on to your hats! it is eventually going to be a much happier and far more human life ahead for our children, this stultified grey pablum currently being offered to so many will hopefully be washed away, thank you for that extremely interesting…
Thanks so much Anne-Marie. I think there is tumult ahead, but if we can get through it we can land, collectively, in a new and better place.
I loved reading this, too. It fills me with hope for a future full of human connection. That's a future I'm here for.
Brilliant article. For sure it gave me a sense of direction for my Daughters’ future… a lot of food for thought. Thank you for sharing your perspective 🧚🏼♂️
I appreciate you writing this article. I have a 9 month old son now and this topic has been weighing on me.
Forgot to say thank you for writing such a thoughtful article
I believe in your optimism and the positive transformative power of this new era of AI. My worry is that the path to this future in the short term (five to ten years) could be a time of many incredibly disruptive, violent crises. Our society is so complex, fragile and interdependent that any major change will have to break the fabric of society before rebuilding it into a more positive future state. And so, when thinking about my children, I worry that they will not be the beneficiaries of these changes. Instead they will have to endure the twists and turns of our society as it dies and is reborn. Maybe their children will enjoy a new life where human emotions, empathy and micro-communities are the core of the economy. The bridge to this future may involve large scale pain, dislocation and sacrifice just like so many past societal shifts. Maybe for some this will be an amazing journey but there will also be many left behind on the sinking remnants as society discards the elements it no longer needs. If this transformation could happen over a century we would have time to adapt and reframe our lives, jobs and identities. But if it happens as quickly as the AI experts believe how can we avoid the temporary but severe implications of such a sharp and deep shift?