

An inside look at “Mastering AI” | Jeremy Kahn, Author & AI Editor, Fortune
Jul 18, 2024
Jeremy Kahn, AI Editor at Fortune Magazine, talks about risks and benefits of AI, importance of UI design, potential for winner-takes-most economy, need for AI regulation, automation bias, role of AI in science and art, perspective on Agentic AI, concerns about AGI and Superintelligence, and his work at Fortune.
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UI Design Drives AI Utility
- Utility of AI models greatly depends on the design of their user interfaces.
- Interfaces can make AI interactions more intuitive and impactful than underlying model improvements alone.
AI Copilots Make Us Middle Managers
- AI copilots change worker roles to middle management by supervising AI outputs.
- They can act as junior colleagues or senior mentors, enhancing human collaboration.
Train Humans Alongside AI
- Train workers extensively on AI’s strengths, weaknesses, and failure modes.
- Regularly drill fallback manual processes to prevent deskilling and maintain business continuity.