These art notes were painted live at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate app. The event was a fascinating conversation between Craig Mundie and Sam Altman discussing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and it’s current and future impact on human life. The occasion was the launching of Mundie’s new book “Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope and the Human Spirit” that he co-wrote with Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt. Click here to listen to an audio recording of this absolutely fascinating conversation. I’m still reading the book and finding it very insightful with respect to understanding how Artificial Intelligence is a paradigm shift in the way we interact with, and use, technology. It is also addressing deep core questions relating to the understanding of the mind: what is consciousness, what is intelligence, and what is awareness of “self”. These questions, previously applied primarily to humans and organic life forms, are now being applied to machines… Other relevant references on understanding AI include Yuval Harari’s book “Nexus” on the history of information networks from stone age to AI (https://www.amazon.com/Nexus-Brief-History-Information-Networks/dp/059373422X#customerReviews); and the Computer History Museum’s new exhibit on Chatbots Decoded (https://computerhistory.org/stories/chatbots-decoded/).
