I am reading this new book by Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan, AI 2041, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653310/ai-2041-by-kai-fu-lee-and-chen-qiufan/
that touches on similar issues as those that I discussed in my TEDx presentation on Sunday. In particular the issue of pervasive dominance by tech companies that control all aspects of our life, in a quest to maximize their profits; the collapse of the current economic model when all production will be automated and essential goods will become aboundand and costless; what fullfillment goals will have humanity when dispensed from labor. The book presents them as science fiction stories set in 2041, written by Qiufan, followed by an analysis by Lee explaining how technology might indeed lead to those situations and how to possibly avoid those downsides. I propose instead that we will have to counterbalance the forces of multinational companies that pursue growth and profit, with alternate forces of multinational communities that pursue sustainability and equality. This might take the form of Virtual Utopias, governed by laws that follow the ideals and principles of people. They might be thought of an evolution of a Metaverse, where people not just meet or work, but where they live according to their ideals. Each Utopian organization will enforce those ideals through laws that will apply to all its members as well to any other organization that wants to interact with them. For example, an environmentalist Utopia will require all its members to behave in a respectful way to the environment, as well as companies providing products to them. This will have more impact than the current environmental movements, that only aim to ask politicians to act. The current national or international institutions are too week to force a significant change of direction. The Utopias will have the force of the many people they represent, across nations, gender or ethnias. — Beppe > On 10 Sep 2021, at 12:00, [email protected] wrote: > > From: Giuseppe Attardi <[email protected]> > To: Nexa <[email protected]> > Subject: [nexa] Leaning Toward 2050 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Segnalo questo evento, il 12 settembre, sul tema: > > Leaning Toward 2050 > https://www.tedxlungarnomediceo.com <https://www.tedxlungarnomediceo.com/> > > in cui farò un intervento dal titolo: > > Distopia o Utopia: l’Intelligneza Artificiale nel 2050 _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list [email protected] https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa
