The talk made me think about how AI is not inherently good or bad. The dark side of AI only comes from its capabilities and probably doesn’t realise what bad it is doing. It also makes me think about the way AI thinks, whether AI is conscious or if it does think for itself the way we do or metaphorically.
AI is always seen as more to do with actual knowledge but we can also apply AI capabilities towards design and our future cities. A lot of AI is already in use even before ChatGPT but it’s just ‘invisible’ and I think more people need to understand the spectrum of AI.
Neil also talks about how with current AI such as self driving cars, humans won’t care about driving and I think that links with the idea that humans are inherently lazy and selfish.
I think this lecture just made me realise that more than ever before, professionals across multiple disciplines need to start working together to learn how to live with this new intelligence.