1. Generational divides emerge in AI adoption and trust. Education and ethical development needed to bridge gaps, maximize benefits, and mitigate risks.

“Trust in AI tools like ChatGPT is high among Gen Z — but Gen X and boomers aren't convinced, study finds”

Business Insider, 10/3/23, Aaron Mok

https://www.businessinsider.com/trust-chatgpt-gen-z-x-baby-boomers-ai-budgeting-23-10

2. Clearview AI's facial recognition app raises serious concerns about privacy, consent and oppression if deployed without safeguards. We must regulate cautiously, balancing law enforcement utility and civil liberties.

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The Hard Fork Podcast

“Breaking Bard + Who Owns Your Face? + Gamer News!”, 09/22/23

https://pca.st/episode/90fc38c9-b325-4d37-bdae-19b46a2cb11a

Transcript:

https://www.nytimes.com/23/09/22/podcasts/breaking-bard-who-owns-your-face-gamer-news.html?showTranscript=1

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“The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It”

The New York Times, 01/18/2020, Updated 11/02/2021, Kashmir Hill

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html

3. Meta's open-source AI sparks intense debate - it could spur innovation but faces concerns about uncontrolled proliferation and existential risk. Caution advised despite potential benefits.

“Protesters Decry Meta’s “Irreversible Proliferation” of AI”

Subheading: “But others say open source is the only way to make AI trustworthy”

IEEE Spectrum, 10/6/23, Edd Gent

https://spectrum.ieee.org/meta-ai 

4. Study finds AI can greatly boost consultant productivity and quality, but limitations exist. Cautious optimism advised - AI/human symbiosis promising but unpredictable.

Paper “Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier: Field Experimental Evidence of the Effects of AI on Knowledge Worker Productivity and Quality”

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications on Nature.com, 9/22/23, Dell'Acqua, Fabrizio, Edward McFowland III, et al.

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=64700 

5. AI brings promise as a sales aid, but also risks devaluing human skills and ethics. A cautious, nuanced approach is needed to balance efficiency and core values.

“Generative AI Is Coming for Sales Execs’ Jobs—and They’re Celebrating”

Wired, Date 10/05/23, Paresh Dave

https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-chatgpt-is-coming-for-sales-jobs/

6. Unrestrained AI risks eroding human dignity and economics. But with ethical guardrails, data dignity, and responsible development, AI can also uplift humanity. A nuanced approach balancing caution and opportunity is key.

“Microsoft's Jaron Lanier says AI advancing without human dignity will 'undermine everything', including reality.”Business Insider, 10/02/23, Kali Hays

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-jaron-lanier-ai-advancing-without-human-dignity-undermines-everything-23-10 

7. AI threatens to displace human customer service jobs despite benefits. Ethical questions around workforce impact must be addressed, along with preserving human touch. A nuanced balance is needed.

“ChatGPT provided better customer service than his staff. He fired them”

The Washington Post, 10/3/23, Pranshu Verma

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/23/10/03/ai-customer-service-jobs/

8. Experts warn unregulated AI poses risks but ethical development aligned with human values can empower truth, democracy and human potential.

“Nobel laureate Maria Ressa on defending truth and the danger of A.I. in the wrong hands”

PBS.org, 10/6/23, Geoff Bennett

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/nobel-laureate-maria-ressa-on-defending-truth-and-the-danger-of-a-i-in-the-wrong-hands

9. AI promises to transform spirituality, but we must ensure it aligns with human values, ethics and wisdom, not replaces inner guidance. Benefits exist but healthy caution is needed.

“Generative AI Has Ushered In the Next Phase of Digital Spirituality”

Wired, 0/05/23, Nika Simovich Fisher

https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-spirituality-tarot/