AI Could Lead to a Dystopian Future. Can We Ensure That Doesn’t Happen?
May 27, 2017
by David Ryan Polgar
Our future as humans might be great. Or non-existent.
"On one side of the equation," states Sairah Ashman, "there is a very utopian view of what artificial intelligence will bring us." Ashman is Global COO for Wolff Olins, a creative consultancy firm. She recently gave a thought-provoking talk entitled Playing God, Being Human at the Collision conference in New Orleans, along with authoring a related essay to spark debate.
After painting a quick picture of a utopian future filled with flying cars and self-healing pods, Ashman pivots to a future we may fear.
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