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AI isn’t responsible for the way the world is today, but it is the accelerant. It amplifies whatever system we already have. If that system rewards only capital, inequality deepens. If it rewards creativity, collaboration, and ownership, we all rise with it.

Crave a laborer who never stumbles into hazard pay or workers’ comp? Done. A coder grinding through marathons without fatigue, absenteeism, or the tyranny of sleep? Elementary. An entry-level aide shadowing your senior counsel in the law firm, your chief resident in the clinic — flawless, instantaneous, inexhaustible? As easy as a prompt. But the refrain echoes: Where, precisely, does this inexorable march lead?

Is AI at the Nexus of it All?

Economics, Jobs, and Medicine Are Only the Start

Summary — We’re Doomed

Yet regulation remains split

Worth the read, even if I don’t agree with everything

How transhumanism could change us into the cyborgs of the future

From robots that harvest crops, detect weeds using AI, and even tractors that drive themselves; there's a lot going on in agriculture that could pave a way to a world with less pesticides and better produce in the grocery store. 

Scientists are using AI to increase their effectiveness in medical diagnostics and helping the disabled with robotics. The compounding effect of these changes is a huge net positive for society.

Mo Gawdat proposed that AI was inevitable, it would be smarter than us, and that mistakes would be made in his 2021 book, Scary Smart. This means we're in charge of what happens, because we create the AIs training data every day with our actions. Are we ready for the kind of responsibility? 

If AI and Robot are actually an existential threat, why isn't anyone doing something about it? Well, it turns out there are some people working on this challenge. In this article I share a list of organizations and individuals associated with them and talk about what they're doing. Some are being more effective than others, as you might expect.