Credits
Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine. He is also the co-founder of and a senior adviser to the Berggruen Institute.
AI’s climb up the capability ladder is moving more rapidly, even exponentially, than its progenitors expected. To keep up and put it in perspective, Noema has compiled a reading list of our best essays and interviews from a couple of years ago through the present. No doubt, we will need a new list again a few months down the road.
For now, here is a resource for following the trajectory of the most important technological breakthrough of this century so far.
Jules Julien for Noema Magazine
1. How To Future-Proof Your Career In The Age Of AI
The most prized workers will be those who can decode a sea of outputs, spot the meaningful signal and translate it into action that others understand and trust.
by Nils Gilman
Bright Woo for Noema Magazine
2. Whose AI Will Rule The World
As AI changes everything, the Chinese seem more optimistic than the Americans. Why?
by Jacob Dreyer
Musubu Hagi for Noema Magazine
3. How AI Will Change Us
When the most patient, well-read, emotionally responsive conversationalist in the world is always available, what will we still need from one another?
by Houda Nait El Barj
SERIFA for Noema Magazine
4. AI Could Actually Help Rebuild The Middle Class
AI doesn’t have to be a job destroyer. It offers us the opportunity to extend expertise to a larger set of workers.
by David Autor
5. When AIs Develop Their Own Language, Pull The Plug
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt weighs in on where AI is headed, when to “pull the plug” and how to cope with China.
A conversation with Eric Schmidt
Matthieu Bourel for Noema Magazine
6. Here’s How To Share AI’s Future Wealth
Advanced AI threatens to increase inequality and concentrate power, but we can proactively distribute AI’s benefits to foster a just and inclusive economy before it’s too late.
by Saffron Huang and Sam Manning
Setu Choudhary for Noema Magazine
7. The Danger Of Superhuman AI Is Not What You Think
The rhetoric over “superhuman” AI implicitly erases what’s most important about being human.
by Shannon Vallor
Merijn Hos for Noema Magazine
8. When The Machines Deserve Our Consideration
We will never know for sure if AI can be conscious. A neuroscientist argues that we shouldn’t wait for proof to decide how to treat it.
by Grigori Guitchounts
Matthieu Bourel for Noema Magazine
9. The Devastating Mistake Employers Are Making When It Comes To AI Understanding Of Intelligence
They are confusing efficiency for intelligence and the absence of friction with the presence of thought.
by Barton Friedland
10. The Politics Of Superintelligence
Today’s tech “prophets” push a narrative that God-like artificial superintelligence is inevitable, and only they can ensure humanity’s safety from their creations.
by James O’Sullivan