Think Better: Want to think better? Learn to listen better. Here are 8 ways you can begin improving your listening skills right now.
Think Optimistically: I will be the first to admit that the advances in AI are poised to create some very serious issues for humanity. It will also, however, create an extraordinary number of positive advances. In this video clip–which comes from Don MacPherson‘s podcast, 12 Geniuses–I discuss a few of these benefits, including how AI is likely to facilitate advances in nuclear fusion and enhance human longevity.
Think Long Term: If we, as a society and as a species, are to survive into the deep future, we must learn to think long-term. This article offers an excellent place to begin. The quote below from Mark Carney (who is now the new Prime Minister of Canada) provides an example of the type of thinking that more of our leaders must adopt: “The catastrophic impacts of climate change will be felt beyond the traditional horizons of most actors. It will impose costs on future generations that the current one has little direct incentive to fix… Once climate change becomes a defining issue for financial stability, it may already be too late.” Mark Carney
Think Again: After taking this short quiz on real versus fake AI videos, I have to admit that I must learn to think again–I only got 3 out of 10 right. Advances in AI will only get better. The time to begin double and triple checking whether that video you are watching on the Internet is real or not is NOW! On the positive note, Denmark has become the first country to begin tackling the problem of deep-fakes by giving people the copyright to their own features.
Think Harder: In another startling development, AI-enhanced robots are now beginning to incorporate what they are learning through a sense of touch into their decision-making processes. What this suggests is that robots are about to get a helluva lot better.
Think Visually: Waymo’s Rise in Ridership
Afterthought: ‘The root of sorrow is attachment.” Anthony de Mello. (For an extended version of de Mello’s thoughts on this important topic, I invite you to watch this beautifully insightful 8-minute video.)
