We are entering a future with new friends who may challenge us. To help the world, we must consider the future. Can a future with AI be non-zero-sum? Will we be symbiotic or competitive—us or them?
Beyond the well-known "alignment problem" discussed in mainstream debates, there's a less obvious dimension that warrants our attention: humanity isn't aligned.
Human creativity has always held a semi-magical quality, and yet, recent progress in machine learning has shown that spell-binding music and art turn out to be some the lowest hanging fruit for AI. So, what does the future hold for creativity?