A Blueprint for Coexistence with AI Backchannel

The excitement behind AI today is largely due to a 2010 invention called "deep learning," which uses massive amounts of data to optimize decision engines with superhuman accuracy. It can now make a loan decision in seconds, with higher accuracy than a loan officer who takes hours. These AIs run "narrow" applications that master a single domain each time, but remain strictly under human control. The idea would be to transition people to jobs that require higher dexterity (e.g., retrain an assembly line worker to be a plumber), hidden talent (e.g., encourage an accountant to pursue her dream of becoming a comedian), or new skills (e.g., train a cooling expert for a giant AI data center).