Einstein’s words speak to the crux of today’s challenge. As technology continues to advance, can the world control the future it is creating? Too often, wars have resulted from humanity’s failure to keep pace with innovation, doing too little too late to manage new technology. As emerging tech such as cyberweapons and artificial intelligence
Speaks to Kevin Kelly's "What Technology Wants" as well as Tegmark's "Life 3.0"....we need controls, we need governance, we need to ask the right questions before tech (esp AI) spins out of control. So I am sympathetic to Smith's thesis. Not sure where to read debate about whether MS is doing enough in this field, and who or what else can and should be done. Getting other for-profits involved can not be bad. Getting democracies involved can not be bad. But can/should we get the Russians involved? Whom do we trust? Why do we trust them?
