Is AI Just Another Software Tool, Or A New Digital Species?

Hi Friends.

Is AI a new digital species?

This is the metaphor being used by Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI. He argues that viewing AI in this context, rather than just as another tool, better prepares us to tackle complex ethical and development issues today, and in the future.

This ‘species’ concept is provocative and likely to be controversial. It gave me pause. I realized I’d been falling into the “cliche trap” too. It’s easy to do. It’s also intellectually lazy.

Mustafa argues that far from being ‘just another software tool’ AI is the infinite inventor, a reflection of us, and the culmination of everything we’ve created.

What do you think? If you don’t have time to watch the full Ted Talk video, I’d suggest scanning the summary below.

It’s powerful stuff.

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AI VISION BOARD

THE FULL TED TALK

AI MADE EASY

As the ability to converse with it, is core to AI success, we’ve also put together a handy infographic summarizing the top insights from Google’s recently released AI Prompting 101 Guide.

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