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Kai-Fu Lee on How A.I. Could Make Us Better Humans

At a Distance

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Are We Going to Be Smart Enough to Do That?

In your book, plenitude, Kafu looks at the idea of abundance in relation to the time we free up to work ourselves. Do you believe that this scenario is a true possibility? And are we incentivied to promote this idea? In my analysis, i think there are so many, arguably insurmountable obstacles. Corporations will be greedy and governments will have their self interests in mind. People won't let go of the idea of money, not that easily. That utopian world would be more like forty years out. It would take longer than 20. But i see a pretty strong sense of responsibility that a i scientists signed this letter by thousands of a i scientists against autonomous weapons

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