Outsmart
The Yuan’s voyage of intelligent discovery grounds on day nine on the shores of Maryland, another of the 13 English colonies to declare its independence from the motherland in 1776. Like Massachusetts, Maryland was founded as a dissident religious enclave. Unlike its northerly neighbor, however, the Catholic settlement chartered by King James I and named after his Danish wife Henrietta Maria has a long tradition of tolerance of religion, politics, and freethinking. Its Italian motto Fatti Maschii Parole Femine (Strong Deeds, Gentle Words) aptly encapsulates this ethos. Taking the helm in the Free State, ex-NASA data scientist Kirk Borne contends that AI is a tool that can be misused like any other, and that human freethinking will always trump AI’s in-the-box cognition which, though already ‘smarter,’ will likely never be wiser. Thus, it will be more of a boon than a bane to humanity - if handled right.
Kirk Borne | Jun 29, 2023