As public education once scaled reading, writing, and arithmetic, 21st-century education must scale data literacy, critical thinking, and human-AI collaboration. This is education in the age of Generative AI.
Humanity
A collection of 4 posts
Generative AI creates an abundance of cognitive labor, like adding people on demand. Yet it also creates scarcity that could prompt a backlash and overregulation. With this article, we advocate for individuals to educate themselves and participate in the decision making that assures abundance.
Across history, 80-year cycles of creation and disruption have driven increasing abundance. In the next cycle, Generative AI promises to power exponential abundance. But will we reshape the social contract and implement the governance that brings this promise to everyone? Change starts today.
In a perfect world, knowledge increases and human lives improve across the board. With US politics in gridlock, and angry people demanding their way or the highway, it seems we are regressing. This essay argues for collective humanity through the lens of specific social media algorithm legislation.