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In “SuperAgency,” Reid Hoffman Argues AI Will Empower, not Diminish, Us

2025/3/6
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Reid Hoffman: 我认为 AI 能够极大地增强人类的能力,如同汽车曾经赋予我们物理上的移动能力一样,AI 将赋予我们认知上的移动能力。我们不应该害怕 AI,而应该积极探索它如何改善我们的生活,从个人到社会层面。AI 的发展会带来挑战,但我们应该积极应对,并通过迭代部署和适当的基准测试来最大化 AI 的益处。同时,大型科技公司也正在积极投资绿色能源,以减轻 AI 对环境的影响。 我并不认为 AI 会导致人类灭绝或者失控,相反,它将成为人类的强大工具,帮助我们解决各种问题,从医疗保健到气候变化。重要的是,我们要保持 AI 的好奇心,积极参与其中,并引导其发展方向,确保其造福全人类。 对于那些担心 AI 会被富人和权势者利用来达到其自身目的的人,我想说,虽然这种情况确实可能发生,但这并不是停止 AI 发展的理由。历史上,任何新技术都会被用来巩固既得利益,但同时也会带来广泛的社会进步。AI 的广泛应用将使更多人受益,这将有助于弥合贫富差距。 Greg Beato: 我同意 Reid 的观点,AI 具有巨大的潜力,可以改善人类的生活。AI 不仅仅是一个工具,它更像是一个信息导航系统,帮助我们更快地获取和理解信息。在写作过程中,我发现 AI 可以作为一种编辑工具,帮助我润色文章,提高写作效率。 AI 的发展确实存在风险,但我们不应该因此而停止其发展。通过迭代部署和适当的基准测试,我们可以最大限度地减少风险,并确保 AI 的安全可靠。同时,我们也应该关注 AI 对就业的影响,并积极探索如何帮助人们适应新的工作环境。 AI 的发展是一个持续的过程,我们应该不断学习和适应。通过积极参与,我们可以塑造 AI 的未来,使其成为人类的强大助手,而不是威胁。 Alexis Madrigal: 作为主持人,我主要负责引导讨论,并提出一些关键问题,例如 AI 对就业的影响,AI 对环境的影响,以及 AI 的伦理问题。我试图从听众的角度出发,提出一些他们可能关心的问题,并引导嘉宾们进行深入的探讨。 在节目的过程中,我注意到听众对 AI 的态度存在很大的差异,有些人对 AI 持乐观态度,有些人则对 AI 持悲观态度。我试图平衡这些不同的观点,并引导嘉宾们进行深入的探讨。 总的来说,我认为这次讨论非常有意义,它帮助我们更好地理解了 AI 的潜力和风险,以及如何更好地应对 AI 带来的挑战。

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The discussion introduces Reid Hoffman's optimistic view on AI, countering common fears by comparing AI's potential to the transformative power of automobiles in the past century.
  • Reid Hoffman is optimistic about AI's potential to enhance human capabilities.
  • The book 'Super Agency' argues against the dystopian view of AI.
  • AI is likened to automobiles in terms of transformative societal impact.
  • Different camps on AI: doomers, zoomers, gloomers, and bloomers.
  • Hoffman and Beato advocate for a balanced, iterative approach to AI deployment.

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Linkedin co-founder Reid Hoffman is bullish on the ability of AI to improve our society and our selves. In his new book, “SuperAgency: What Could Possibly Go Right With Our AI Future?” Hoffman, a longtime booster and investor in AI, and co-author Greg Beato, counter fears that autonomous AI will dehumanize us and make us subject to an Orwellian compliance. Rather, they argue, AI gives humans more agency. “Just as cars gave individual users new superpowers of physical mobility in the 20th century, AI gives individual users new superpowers of cognitive mobility in the 21st century.” We talk with Hoffman and Beato about our AI future and the role of tech titans in the Trump era.

Guests:

**Reid Hoffman, **co-founder and former executive chairman, LinkedIn; co-author of "Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future"

**Greg Beato, **co-author, "Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future"