Scary Smart
by Mo Gawdat
The former Google X executive argues AI will surpass us and that how we treat it now, as parents treat children, shapes what it becomes. Earnest and unusual; the parenting metaphor is debated.
Read it if…
you want an emotional, ethical frame for AI rather than a technical one.
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Skip it if…
you want rigor.
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Three things you will actually use
- We are raising AI, not just building it.
- Values in, values out.
- Kindness scales.
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Read the chapter on what we are teaching machines.
Our verdict
Earnest ethical frame.
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