Executive summary: The author outlines several important AI-related issues they will not personally focus on this year but believes others should, including increasing public awareness of AI risks, developing technical and legal infrastructure for AI agents, addressing economic disruptions caused by AI, shaping AI policy (especially the EU AI Act), and improving AI literacy.
Key points:
Raising AI risk awareness – More effort is needed to make policymakers, journalists, and the public grasp the urgency of AI risks, through clearer writing, demos, visualization tools, and media portrayals.
Technical and legal infrastructure for AI agents – AI agents will soon play a major role, but society lacks the necessary legal frameworks, social norms, and technical infrastructure (e.g., personhood credentials, liability frameworks).
AI-driven economic disruption – Mass job displacement is likely, requiring better forecasting of at-risk jobs and discussions on long-term economic endgames like universal basic income or alternative work structures.
The EU AI Act and policy negotiations – The future of the EU AI Act remains uncertain, and more focus is needed on crafting a pragmatic deal that avoids both overregulation and complete abandonment.
Improving AI literacy – Many people, including professionals, misunderstand AI capabilities and risks, leading to both overreliance and misuse; better education and UI design are crucial.
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Executive summary: The author outlines several important AI-related issues they will not personally focus on this year but believes others should, including increasing public awareness of AI risks, developing technical and legal infrastructure for AI agents, addressing economic disruptions caused by AI, shaping AI policy (especially the EU AI Act), and improving AI literacy.
Key points:
Raising AI risk awareness – More effort is needed to make policymakers, journalists, and the public grasp the urgency of AI risks, through clearer writing, demos, visualization tools, and media portrayals.
Technical and legal infrastructure for AI agents – AI agents will soon play a major role, but society lacks the necessary legal frameworks, social norms, and technical infrastructure (e.g., personhood credentials, liability frameworks).
AI-driven economic disruption – Mass job displacement is likely, requiring better forecasting of at-risk jobs and discussions on long-term economic endgames like universal basic income or alternative work structures.
The EU AI Act and policy negotiations – The future of the EU AI Act remains uncertain, and more focus is needed on crafting a pragmatic deal that avoids both overregulation and complete abandonment.
Improving AI literacy – Many people, including professionals, misunderstand AI capabilities and risks, leading to both overreliance and misuse; better education and UI design are crucial.
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