I read this after your other note, and though I didn't steal my comments there from your post here, it looks like I did, so much do I agree. Yes, positive visions of the future. For me that means replacing how we do planning as a society. One thing AI is really good at is extrapolating and comparing possible futures, so we should be using it pervasively to game that out instead of choosing based on promises and vibes. An informed populace etc. The "only" problem with acting on this, other than the small matter of inventing it, is that it would take away power from those who currently hoard it, which is of course the point. It has to be invented and deployed from bottom up not top down.
I love it and will make comments over there. It might take me a while. If it's ok with you I might try an experiment, of several smaller comments instead of one big one.
Agree, power is shifting and we might as well try to direct it.
In software there's this big split between components and frameworks, components being things that you plug into frameworks. They're hard in very different ways. I like that you're thinking about AI enabled frameworks into which people can fit, instead of AI enabled workers plugging into existing corporate frameworks. It moves the AI to a place where it can potentially disrupt the gatekeepers instead of just the gatekept.
I read this after your other note, and though I didn't steal my comments there from your post here, it looks like I did, so much do I agree. Yes, positive visions of the future. For me that means replacing how we do planning as a society. One thing AI is really good at is extrapolating and comparing possible futures, so we should be using it pervasively to game that out instead of choosing based on promises and vibes. An informed populace etc. The "only" problem with acting on this, other than the small matter of inventing it, is that it would take away power from those who currently hoard it, which is of course the point. It has to be invented and deployed from bottom up not top down.
Thanks Jon, power is shifting anyway, so we might as well attempt to direct it!
ive made a stab at some projects that could be implemented quickly and might make a difference, what do you think? https://open.substack.com/pub/stateofthefuture/p/young-people-cant-get-jobs-now-what?r=cfve0&utm_medium=ios
I love it and will make comments over there. It might take me a while. If it's ok with you I might try an experiment, of several smaller comments instead of one big one.
Agree, power is shifting and we might as well try to direct it.
In software there's this big split between components and frameworks, components being things that you plug into frameworks. They're hard in very different ways. I like that you're thinking about AI enabled frameworks into which people can fit, instead of AI enabled workers plugging into existing corporate frameworks. It moves the AI to a place where it can potentially disrupt the gatekeepers instead of just the gatekept.