The Real Risks of AI – NewCo Shift

Discussions today about the risks of AI often bark up the wrong tree and tend to be misleading. This matters because AI is being invoked left and right. Basic misunderstandings of what AI is and isn't are also creating unnecessary fear, and those fears in turn stifle adoption. Confoundingly, by running away from AI or making false assumptions about its evolution, we potentially make our worst case scenario more likely, not less. We should also be as focused on understanding human intelligence as we are on AI. We need to first get straight on the many different meanings of AI.