From Christmas Eve to the New Year I tend not to be on Twitter very much and just drop in.
What amazes me about this time of year is how hot under the collar people get about the most benign subjects.
Everytime I check in I’m seeing hate and pile ons…
I’m like
The CEO of Khan Academy believes that AI will “displace workers at a scale many people don’t yet realize.” I agree. But his prescription is for companies that benefit from AI to devote one percent of its profits to retrain workers—else there will be tremendous public backlash. (Of course the NYT Opinion page eats this stuff up.) Two thoughts: First, this is a problem to be solved by government, not the private sector, which could care less about social costs. We could ban certain applications of AI today. Second, the public backlash needs to get going asap.