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Famous entrepreneurs and academics warn: according to them, artificial intelligence (AI) “poses profound risks to society and humanity“. They are asking companies to curb the development of this technology.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak are among the signatories of an open letter that asks AI labs to halt their developmentfor a period of at least six months.
The text, published on the website of the Future of Life Instituteasserts that AI labs are “locked in an uncontrolled race to develop ever more powerful digital minds that no one – not even their creators – can reliably understand, predict or control“.
They called for a pause in creating any AI system that would be more powerful than OpenAI’s GPT-4, the origin of the hugely popular chatbot, ChatGPT.
AI developers should also collaborate with policy makers to “significantly accelerate the development of robust systems of governance” and allow the creation of controls, with shared security protocols, supervised by independent experts.
The explosion of interest in tools such as ChatGPT and DALL-E, an image generator, has also raised many questions regarding the ethics and impact of these powerful new tools.
Even Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (the creator of ChatGPT) has repeatedly sounded the alarm, stating that it may soon exist. “potentially scary AI tools“.
Sarah Myers West, Executive Director of theAI Now Institutebelieves that today, “in many ways we are already there“, exacerbating AI systems “long-standing patterns of inequality“, especially in areas such as job search or education.
She claims that AI might be on the verge of profoundly altering the trajectory of life on Earth and that it “should be planned and managed with due care and resources“, which, according to the authors of the open letter, is not the case.
300 million jobs at risk
The letter coincides with the release of a separate report from Goldman Sachs, which estimates that 300 million full-time jobs might be affected by AI globally, being replaced by automation.
The good news, according to the note, is that “the displacement of workers due to automation has always been offset by the creation of new jobs, and the emergence of new occupations as a result of technological innovations accounts for the vast majority of long-term job growth“.
Afghan leader orders Taliban to fire relatives from jobs
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
(Web Desk) Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the head of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, has issued an order that the Taliban officials should fire their relatives from their jobs.
According to the details, Mullah Haibatullah has issued a directive that Taliban officials should appoint other people in place of their sons or other family members and avoid employing relatives in the future. Deputy Governor Maulvi Gul Muhammad Saleem dismissed his son from his duties.
The son of Jawzjan’s deputy governor was stationed at the province’s security headquarters.
Work only 4 days a week; New experiment in Britain, no drop in income
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
While Kerala is thinking regarding the fourth Saturday holiday, people in Britain are thinking regarding working only four days a week. 2900 workers in 61 companies participated in the experiment which started 6 months ago. There was also help from Cambridge University, Boston College and some voluntary organizations. The result was great.
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The biggest benefit seen in the experiment is the improved mental health of the workers. 71% said stress was significantly reduced. 60% said work-life balance had improved. Sleep and rest habits become more healthy.
The state of the companies? They are also happy. No drop in income. Some companies, on the other hand, saw an increase in revenue. Companies from different sectors like marketing, finance, volunteering and others participated in the experiment. 18% of organizations have decided to continue this practice. 92% of organizations have a generally sympathetic attitude. But there is a problem of how to implement this in health and tourism sectors where employees have to work longer days.
Nature is also happy
If the work is only 4 days a week, there are environmental improvements. Travel to workplaces will be reduced. Carbon emissions are reduced when fuel use is reduced. In Belgium, workers who do not want this method have a legal right to choose it. 90% of employees in Iceland follow this practice. It is expected that similar experiments will be started soon in countries like Germany, New Zealand, Canada and the US.
In India?
In 1920, Henry Ford devised the 5-day work method. Although the method has been widely accepted abroad, the 6-day working method still exists in India today in most sectors. The exception to this is IT. Although it may not change overnight, the 4-day work pattern has potential in India too – especially in technology, banking, e-commerce and insurance sectors. The Karnataka Assembly recently passed a bill to give one more day off to those who work for 12 hours a day.
4-day work week trial yields overwhelming success in U.K