Engineers say test it and ship it, or shut the lab down. Others imply everything will emerge from a society of agents. Both are partly right, but I think both make a deep error, and it's one that matters for designing Minds for Our Minds.
We returned to the House of Beautiful Business' annual gathering for the third time to reflect on our thesis of designing AI to be a Mind for our Minds.
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“Helen and Dave have a unique ability to describe what it means to be human in the age of AI. They prompt an audience to think beyond the technology and to consider how technology can be both humanizing and dehumanizing. They are masters in translating complex issues into compelling, relatable stories, and theirs was the first presentation about AI that reassured me that, yes, we can do this, a beautiful future is possible with AI.” —Tim Leberecht, Co-CEO, House of Beautiful Business
Dave Edwards is a Co-Founder of Artificiality. He previously co-founded Intelligentsia.ai (acquired by Atlantic Media) and worked at Apple, CRV, Macromedia, Morgan Stanley, Quartz, and ThinkEquity. Contact at dave@artificialityinstitute.org.
Helen Edwards is a Co-Founder of Artificiality. She previously co-founded Intelligentsia.ai (acquired by Atlantic Media) and worked at Meridian Energy, Pacific Gas & Electric, Quartz, and Transpower. Contact at helen@artificialityinstitute.org.
A 42 hour retreat dedicated to Imagining a Hopeful Future with AI for imaginitive thinkers and innovators who share our hope for the future and are crazy enough to think we can collectively change things.
This month's topic is Agentic AI aka AI Agents, a relatively new type of AI system that can pursue complex goals using capabilities to perceive, reason, and act.
