Impact of AI:Explored
Welcome to Impact of AI:Explored this is a podcast series hosted James O'Regan and Gerjon Kunst. This podcast series is an initiative by and for the developer and IT professional community. It is our goal to empower each and every one to learn and share all there is to know about Artificial Intelligence and how it affects our day to day lives as IT professionals. There is a huge quantity of valuable AI related information in various formats available and it keeps increasing on a daily basis. It is our objective to help people to make sense of all this information.
Impact of AI:Explored
Pressing the Easy Button: How AI Habits Are Breaking Our Brains and Our Jobs
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In this episode of Impact of AI: Explored, Gerjon and James talk with Paul Slater - Principal AI Technologist at Adobe (https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-slater/). We discus the often overlooked costs of AI, including human, environmental, and societal impacts. We look at the importance of human control, responsible AI development, and maintaining human-centric values in the age of rapid AI evolution. We also dive into the Reverse Flynn effect which covers the decline in average IQ scores after peaking in the 1990s/2000s.
key topics
- Costs of AI including human, environmental, and societal impacts
- The reverse Flynn effect and declining intelligence indicators
- The importance of human control and responsible AI development
- Habits and behaviors influenced by AI and technology
- Societal fragmentation and echo chambers caused by AI
Chapters
00:00 The Hidden Costs of AI
06:13 Understanding the Reverse Flynn Effect
10:19 Human Control vs. AI Dependence
14:16 The Impact of AI on Social Interactions
18:03 Cultural Reflections on Technology in Media
19:20 Patterns in Human Interaction with Technology
23:24 The Evolving Fear of AI
25:38 Generational Perspectives on AI
28:10 Safeguarding a Human-Centric AI Future
33:04 Addressing Societal Fragmentation through AI
38:00 Embracing Humanity in an AI-Driven World
Resources
Paul Slater's Book on AI Costs and Society (https://www.amazon.com/Your-Next-Job-Disappears-ebook/dp/B0C7V7X4X4)
European Union Guidelines on AI (https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ai-act)
Responsible AI Guidelines by Microsoft (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/responsible-ai)
South Park Episode on AI and Society (http://southparkstudios.com/episodes/8byci4/south-park-deep-learning-season-26-ep-4)
Atomic Habits by James Clear (https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-James-Clear/dp/0735211299)
The Reverse Flynn Effect (https://www.develop.bc.ca/the-reverse-flynn-effect/)