Tom Gruber - How AI can enhance our memory, work and social lives

Vocabulary: Can you find a word/expression to replace the underlined words? Our memories decay over time. Human memory is famously flawed. “I didn’t finish my homework, so I had to pull and all-nighter.” People must avoid speculative investments. The image has been digitally enhanced to show more detail. Nowadays, we take things like electricity and running water for granted. While you watch, make notes on the following: 1) What is Tom Gruber’s contribution to the field of AI? _______________________ 2) According to him, what kind of impact does/could humanistic AI have on…? People with disabilities

Medicine

Design

Memory

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Post viewing: Role-play debate Form two groups: one that agrees with the following statement and one that strongly disagrees with it. Think of some arguments for and against the use of AI and have a discussion on the topic.

We can choose to use AI to automate and compete with us, or we can use AI to augment and collaborate with us, to overcome our cognitive limitations and to help us do what we want to do, only better.

Tom Gruber