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X-WR-CALNAME:Arvind Narayanan | Adapting to the Transformation of Knowledge
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DESCRIPTION:The possibility that AI will automate most cognitive labor is w
 orth taking seriously. How should we adapt to this transformation? I start
  from the perspective\, articulated in the essay “AI as normal technolog
 y”\, that the true bottlenecks lie downstream of capabilities and that A
 I’s impacts will unfold gradually over decades. If this is true\, there 
 are major gaps in our current evidence infrastructure\, because it over-em
 phasizes the capability layer. I will describe our efforts to measure diff
 usion-relevant technical properties that go beyond benchmarks\, such as (1
 ) “open-world” evaluations that test AI on messy real-world tasks and 
 (2) measuring AI reliability as an orthogonal dimension to capability. I w
 ill also discuss what I think is missing in our current understanding of d
 iffusion.\n\nA more forward-looking agenda is to theorize a world in which
  cognitive labor has been automated. This will allow us to develop hypothe
 ses about what will still be scarce even in this world\, and where the dem
 and for labor may actually increase\; how institutions that relied on cert
 ain kinds of scarcity might break\; and what new social\, ethical and poli
 tical challenges may arise. This will give us a head start on developing p
 olicies for this future.\n\nIn short\, I advocate for a two-track approach
  of developing better situational awareness of the unfolding transformatio
 n as well as better anticipation of what a new equilibrium might look like
 .
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SUMMARY:Arvind Narayanan | Adapting to the Transformation of Knowledge Work
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 o-the-transformation-of-knowledge-work
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