The Future of AI from BlueDot Impact

BlueDot Impact’s Future of AI course is a brisk, thought-provoking, zero-cost introduction to how AI could change our world – and what we can do to have a hand in shaping our future.

The course dives into big questions like “how might AI benefit us?” and “what risks does it pose?” before getting into things like “how can I help make it go well?”

It’s crisp and full of thoughtful ideas on what our future may look like as AI continues to develop. Most importantly, it asks questions about how AI may be used nefariously and what we might be able to do about it.

AI is everywhere, and it feels like it’s only just begun. It looks like we’re on the verge of seeing what it can really do as all the big AI companies continue to push it forward, releasing more powerful model every few months.

But there’s a problem. For every person working on AI safety, there are 100 people racing to build more powerful systems, according to BlueDot Impact. They also estimate that for every $250 spent on making AI more powerful, only $1 goes to making it safer.

That’s a huge gap, and if we want to be sure AI is developed safely and can’t be used to build explosives or create bioweapons or whatever else terrorist organizations can imagine, we need to close that gap and get more people thinking about and working on AI safety.

And that brings us back to BlueDot Impact’s course, which explores these issues, open questions, and potential solutions, whether you’re in tech, policy, education, or just a regular old (or young) citizen of this planet we all share.

Want to contribute meaningfully to the conversation? Get started with BlueDot’s Future of AI course.

P.S. I don’t make any commission on their free course (obviously?). I just fully believe this is an issue we need more people to start thinking about and working on.