We talked about the ethical and philosophical issues presented by AI and how they might be viewed differently in various parts of the world. It was striking when one of Professor He’s first comments echoed some of the opening words in Nisbett’s book written fifteen years before. “In the West, there’s more of a belief in progress as a straight line, with technology moving forward and optimism about constant improvement,” he said. As Nisbett had noted, people in the West tended to focus on a specific goal and believed that if you could pour yourself into advancing it, you could change the world
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