Shorten the text and go even more easy on the language/complexity: I’m an outsider to the AI field and this was a great overview for me. But: I got up at at 3 am to watch Alpha Go beat Lee Sedol on livestream and I spent the last three months in full immersion mode, reading up on things every day. I’d say I’m an highly interested, somewhat knowledgable outsider. If your intended audience are people less driven to the topic, it might be worth to both shorten the text and spend more time at key points. Example: I’m not sure if all the players really need to be introduced here. At the same time, I’m under the impression people often don’t really grasp what it means that neural nets are black boxes nobody understands. If you look at the discourse on reddit, even people highly interested in the topic often conceptualize neural nets as being programmed. I feel people are really struggling with the idea that engineers don’t understand their product.
Strengthen the paragraph about what people can do. I would give it a shout-out int the introduction separate from section 7-9. Things I would add:
Use the tools available and use them all the time! If AI apocalypse happens, it won’t help. But: That the job market will be highly impacted is almost a certainty, and familiarity with current tools just might help to stay relevant on the job market for longer. Practical experience will also help to appreciate the strengths and limitations of the current tools better.
Be in favor of AI alignment and act accordingly. Support research financially, bring up the topic in conversations and on political events (but don’t inject it into partisan settings).
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Shorten the text and go even more easy on the language/complexity: I’m an outsider to the AI field and this was a great overview for me. But: I got up at at 3 am to watch Alpha Go beat Lee Sedol on livestream and I spent the last three months in full immersion mode, reading up on things every day. I’d say I’m an highly interested, somewhat knowledgable outsider. If your intended audience are people less driven to the topic, it might be worth to both shorten the text and spend more time at key points. Example: I’m not sure if all the players really need to be introduced here. At the same time, I’m under the impression people often don’t really grasp what it means that neural nets are black boxes nobody understands. If you look at the discourse on reddit, even people highly interested in the topic often conceptualize neural nets as being programmed. I feel people are really struggling with the idea that engineers don’t understand their product.
Strengthen the paragraph about what people can do. I would give it a shout-out int the introduction separate from section 7-9. Things I would add:
Use the tools available and use them all the time! If AI apocalypse happens, it won’t help. But: That the job market will be highly impacted is almost a certainty, and familiarity with current tools just might help to stay relevant on the job market for longer. Practical experience will also help to appreciate the strengths and limitations of the current tools better.
Be in favor of AI alignment and act accordingly. Support research financially, bring up the topic in conversations and on political events (but don’t inject it into partisan settings).