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Why AI Will Save the World | Andreessen Horowitz (a16z.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Article summarized by AI below: The article argues that artificial intelligence (AI) is not a threat to humanity, but a powerful tool to solve global challenges such as climate change, poverty, disease, and inequality. It gives examples of how AI is already being used to improve health care, education, agriculture, and energy efficiency. It also discusses the ethical and social implications of AI, and how we can ensure that it is aligned with human values and goals. The article concludes that AI will save the world if we use it wisely and responsibly.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Not that I entirely disagree with the case he's putting forth, but it's very telling that the examples he chose for things that people thought would destroy the earth, automobiles and electricity, are exactly the items that are fueling runaway global warming, and killing millions every year. Not to say we didn't get great benefit out of it, but the fact that this obvious contradiction is lost on him means he probably has his blinders on a bit too tight:

Historically, every new technology that matters, from electric lighting to automobiles to radio to the Internet, has sparked a moral panic – a social contagion that convinces people the new technology is going to destroy the world, or society, or both.