Only 500 words

Answer ONE of  the following prompts based on your reading, viewing, class discussion,  and personal experiences. Your response should be approximately 500  words.

1. Reflect on the concepts that you found most interesting this week, and suggest how these concepts will influence your future.
2. Theorists tend to view technological advances, like AI, machine  learning, and robotics as a great benefit to future society or as a  looming threat to the future of humanity. Based on your learning, share  your opinion about the benefits or threats of these technological  advances. Use specific examples to support your response.
3. Discuss some of the main ideas that you took away from the reading  and video. How will your career choices be influenced by advances in AI.

Selection of readings:

The Future of Human Work is Imagination, Creativity, and Strategy (Harvard Business Review, January 2018)

https://hbr.org/2018/01/the-future-of-human-work-is-imagination-creativity-and-strategy

How to Prepare the Next Generation for Jobs in the AI Economy (Harvard Business Review, June 2017)

https://hbr.org/2017/06/how-to-prepare-the-next-generation-for-jobs-in-the-ai-economy

Selection of videos:

Machine Intelligence makes Human Morals more Important (TedTalk with Zeynep Tufekci)

https://www.ted.com/talks/zeynep_tufekci_machine_intelligence_makes_human_morals_more_important

The Future we are Building – and Boring (TEDTalk with Elon Musk)

https://www.ted.com/talks/elon_musk_the_future_we_re_building_and_boring?referrer=playlist-what_direction_is_the_future_headed&language=en

How We will Earn Money in a Future without Jobs (TEDTalk with Martin Ford)

https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_ford_how_we_ll_earn_money_in_a_future_without_jobs

Can a Robot Pass a University Entrance Exam? (TEDTalk with Noriko Arai)

https://www.ted.com/talks/noriko_arai_can_a_robot_pass_a_university_entrance_exam

Can we Build AI without Losing Control over it? (TEDTalk with Sam Harris)

https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_harris_can_we_build_ai_without_losing_control_over_it