A Harris Presidency Is the Only Way to Stay Ahead of A.I.; The New York Times, October 29, 2024

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, The New York Times; A Harris Presidency Is the Only Way to Stay Ahead of A.I.

"Kamala Harris, given her background in law enforcement, connections to Silicon Valley and the work she has already done on A.I. in the past four years, is up to this challenge, which is a key reason she has my endorsement for the presidency...

I am writing a book that partly deals with this subject and have benefited from my tutorials with Craig Mundie, the former chief research and strategy officer for Microsoft who still advises the company. He is soon coming out with a book of his own related to the longer-term issues and opportunities of A.G.I., written with Eric Schmidt, the former Google C.E.O., and Henry Kissinger, who died last year and worked on the book right up to the end of his life.

It is titled “Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit.” The book invokes the Bible’s description of the origin of humanity because the authors believe that our A.I. moment is an equally fundamental turning point for our species.

I agree. We have become Godlike as a species in two ways: We are the first generation to intentionally create a computer with more intelligence than God endowed us with. And we are the first generation to unintentionally change the climate with our own hands.

The problem is we have become Godlike without any agreement among us on the Ten Commandments — on a shared value system that should guide the use of our newfound powers. We need to fix that fast. And no one is better positioned to lead that challenge than the next U.S. president, for several reasons."

Tristan Harris & Aza Raskin: We Need Laws Where Companies Are Held Accountable For Harms Created By A.I.; Fox News Radio, September 13, 2024

Fox News Radio; Tristan Harris & Aza Raskin: We Need Laws Where Companies Are Held Accountable For Harms Created By A.I.

"Tristan Harris & Aza Raskin, co-founders of the Center for Humane Technology, joined Brian Kilmeade Show to discuss the dangers of A.I. Tristian and Aza spoke about the mental health risks of A.I. on children. Raskin and Harris compared A.I. to a little kid who after being birthed causes havoc. Harris and Raskin believe that there needs to be laws holding companies accountable for any harms that are created by A.I. the way parents are held accountable when their child causes problems. Aza and Tristan also spoke about how the fundamental uncomfortable truth of AI is that the promise of AI and the peril of AI cannot be separated. Adding, the same technology that allows us to edit our family photos and develop new antibiotics also enables deep fake nudes of teen girls and can create super pandemics"

A.I. May Save Us, or May Construct Viruses to Kill Us; The New York Times, July 27, 2024

 NICHOLAS KRISTOF, The New York Times; A.I. May Save Us, or May Construct Viruses to Kill Us

"Managing A.I. without stifling it will be one of our great challenges as we adopt perhaps the most revolutionary technology since Prometheus brought us fire."

In Hiroshima, a call for peaceful, ethical AI; Cisco, The Newsroom, July 18, 2024

Kevin Delaney , Cisco, The Newsroom; In Hiroshima, a call for peaceful, ethical AI

"“Artificial intelligence is a great tool with unlimited possibilities of application,” Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, said in an opening address at the AI Ethics for Peace conference in Hiroshima this month.

But Paglia was quick to add that AI’s great promise is fraught with potential dangers.

“AI can and must be guided so that its potential serves the good since the moment of its design,” he stressed. “This is our common responsibility.”

The two-day conference aimed to further the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a document first signed on February 28, 2020, at the Vatican. It promoted an ethical approach to artificial intelligence through shared responsibility among international organizations, governments, institutions and technology companies.

This month’s Hiroshima conference drew dozens of global religious, government, and technology leaders to a city that has transcended its dark past of tech-driven, atomic destruction to become a center for peace and cooperation.

The overarching goal in Hiroshima? To ensure that, unlike atomic energy, artificial intelligence is used only for peace and positive human advancement. And as an industry leader in AI innovation and its responsible use, Cisco was amply represented by Dave West, Cisco’s president for Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China (APJC)."