Arianna Huffington: Here's How A.I. Can Be a Bridge to Global Health and Well-being

So much of the conversation around artificial intelligence is about either the negative consequences, like job losses, or the dangers, in the form of A.I. bias or the potential misuse of facial recognition technology. As Axios's Kaveh Waddell reported this week, there can be a risk in trusting A.I. too much, for example in tasks like prescribing drugs or setting prison sentences. "These programs generally offer new information or a few options meant to help a human decision-maker choose more wisely," he wrote. "But an overworked or overly trusting person can fall into a rubber-stamping role, unquestioningly following algorithmic advice." And that points up the fault line with A.I. Instead of thinking of it as something we should or shouldn't trust -- which puts us in a passive mindset -- we should think of it as a tool we're in charge of, and one that will work to the extent that we direct it in the right way.