A Tsunami of Uncertainty (ramblings about AI)
TLDR: The only way to be ready for our AI-fuelled future is to do your part in creating it.
By Serge Van Dam
Not another war analogy!
It may surprise you to discover that I read books.
In the opening scene of Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman - which I am currently reading - the narrative begins in the summer of 1942, amidst a tense and uncertain atmosphere as Nazi Germany prepares for its advance deeper into the Soviet Union. The story opens not on the battlefield, but with an intimate focus on the Shaposhnikov family in Moscow, offering a purely human lens on the looming crisis.
The characters have a strong sense of foreboding and unease and “anything could happen”, and have very different perspectives on what they should or could do next.
It reminds me of the broad range of conversations I am having with people about AI. No one, and I mean no one, has any idea how it is all going to evolve / revolve.
What to do?
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