Feb 13
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From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: human reactions unchanged
I'm neither disappointed nor surprised by this development.
We know from history that Johann Gutenberg in Mainz/Germany faced similar rejections in 1440 when he introduced the printing press because it made publishing, reading, and learning accessible to everyone, breaking the church and its allies' monopoly used to control information.
The resistance to Gutenberg's printing press didn't halt its adoption; it necessitated a significant shift in mindset and paradigms to appreciate its advantages.
What happens when we reject tech-innovations at a state level?
Take the Ottoman Empire, lasting over 600 years (1299-1923), which banned printing for 250 years ( it was "Haram" from 1440 to 1726).
This led to missing the Industrial Revolution and Enlightenment, causing lasting negative effects in regions like today's Turkey and the former Ottoman territories in the Middle East.
Similarly, AI will displace jobs, necessitating new skills. Public policymakers are responsible for reskilling people, but as individuals, we need to make an effort to learn. AI developers are responsible to design and develop AI solutions that are ETHICAL and USEFUL for everyone.
AI should not reduce wages for work performed by humans. On the contrary, tasks done by humans should be valued more highly. We might need to redefine the value of work performed by humans.
Which is more valuable:
a) the labor of someone who removes our trash, cleans our homes, cares for us or our elderly in sickness
b) versus so-called white-collar jobs, like mine as an engineer or a manager, where the term feels outdated as women often don't wear white collars, involving sitting in a modern office, maybe supervising employees who are smarter?
Definitely, the first group should be paid more. And guess what: AI is likely to replace the second group!
I understand the anger in the article, but I cannot accept that we should stop developing technology because it changes how we live and work. Instead, we owe our civilization to technology and the risk-takers of their times, like Galileo and Gutenberg. By the way, who do we consider the inventor of AI? Alan Turing?
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Ali Hessami is currently the Director of R&D and Innovation at Vega Systems, London, UK. He has an extensive track record in systems assurance and safety, security, sustainability, knowledge assessment/management methodologies. He has a background in the design and development of advanced control systems for business and safety-critical industrial applications.
Hessami represents the UK on the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) & International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) – safety systems, hardware & software standards committees. He was appointed by CENELEC as convener of several Working Groups for review of EN50128 Safety-Critical Software Standard and update and restructuring of the software, hardware, and system safety standards in CENELEC.
Ali is also a member of Cyber Security Standardisation SGA16, SG24, and WG26 Groups and started and chairs the IEEE Special Interest Group in Humanitarian Technologies and the Systems Council Chapters in the UK and Ireland Section. In 2017 Ali joined the IEEE Standards Association (SA), initially as a committee member for the new landmark IEEE 7000 standard focused on “Addressing Ethical Concerns in System Design.” He was subsequently appointed as the Technical Editor and later the Chair of P7000 working group. In November 2018, he was appointed as the VC and Process Architect of the IEEE’s global Ethics Certification Programme for Autonomous & Intelligent Systems (ECPAIS).
Trish advises and trains organisations internationally on Responsible AI (AI/data ethics, policy, governance), and Corporate Digital Responsibility.
Patricia has 20 years’ experience as a lawyer in data, technology and regulatory/government affairs and is a registered Solicitor in England and Wales, and the Republic of Ireland. She has authored and edited several works on law and regulation, policy, ethics, and AI.
She is an expert advisor on the Ethics Committee to the UK’s Digital Catapult Machine Intelligence Garage working with AI startups, is a Maestro (a title only given to 3 people in the world) and expert advisor “Maestro” on the IEEE’s CertifAIEd (previously known as ECPAIS) ethical certification panel, sits on IEEE’s P7003 (algorithmic bias)/P2247.4 (adaptive instructional systems)/P7010.1 (AI and ESG/UN SDGS) standards programmes, is a ForHumanity Fellow working on Independent Audit of AI Systems, is Chair of the Society for Computers and Law, and is a non-exec director on the Board of iTechlaw and on the Board of Women Leading in AI. Until 2021, Patricia was on the RSA’s online harms advisory panel, whose work contributed to the UK’s Online Safety Bill.
Trish is also a linguist and speaks fluently English, French, and German.
In 2021, Patricia was listed on the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™ and named on Computer Weekly’s longlist as one of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology in 2021.
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