In this blog: AI deconstructed for you.
Following our previous blog regarding the topic of AI, here’s a short recap of the terminology and acronyms that have developed in this field:
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Machine learning - computer systems improving by experience without being explicitly programmed.
Narrow AI:
Built for specific functions.
General AI:
Not specialising, good at a wide variety of skills.
Artificial General Intelligence:
The same general intelligence as a human (not narrow)
ArtificiaI Super Intelligence (ASI)
Better than people at everything and can take action.
Generative AI:
The ability to generate and produce stuff.
Agentic AI:
Able to do integrated tasks using multiple skills like planning a holiday in detail, booking and paying for reservations after comparing options, scheduling flights, etc.
AI agents:
Have ‘agency’ - they can make decisions independently.
This blog was curated from a variety of videos and podcast comments by the most prominent leaders in the development of artificial intelligence today, including:
- Prof. Stuart Russell - Computer scientist and multiple professor.
- Prof. Geoffrey Hinton - AI pioneer and Nobel Prize winner.
- Shane Legg - Machine learning researcher and co-founder of DeepMind.
- Mo Gawdat - Former Chief Business Officer for Google X.
- Jensen Huang - President and CEO of Nvidia Corporation.
- Yann LeCun - Chief Scientist at Meta AI.
- Yoshua Bengio - Computer scientist.
- Fei-Fei Li - AI pioneering scientist.
- Bill Dally - Chief Scientist at Nvidia.
As well as the most prominent influencers:
- Tristan Harris - Centre for Humane Technologies.
- Yuval Harari - Military historian and speaker.
- Dr. Alok Kanojia - American psychiatrist and mental health coach.
And a politician:
- Bernie Sanders (Senior United States Senator).
The three major shifts in the history of humankind were:
1. Agricultural revolution - refined use of tools and implements to increase food production.
2. Industrial revolution - harnessing energy for mechanical work.
3. Presently, we are witnessing the biggest and most disruptive revolution in history, namely the AI-revolution which is harnessing data for cognitive work.
- Can speak at least 150 languages.
- Can read every single text ever written and remember every word in context.
- Has phenomenal general knowledge.
- Is very good at coding, mathematics, and translating. Currently, AI models are incredibly capable in some areas and much more fragile in others (just like humans).
- Metrics are improving all the time; it is estimated that they are doubling their intelligence every 5.7 months.
Tristan Harris:
“ A new digital work force is emerging: a work force of millions upon millions - at Nobel-prize-level capability, working at superhuman speed 365/24/7, without a break and at less than minimal wage. Don't you think that will transform absolutely everything around us?”
Mo Gawdat:
“The biggest threat in my opinion is: concentration of power.”
Prof Stuart Russell:
“Pretty much all the CEOs of leading AI companies think there is a significant risk of human extinction.”
The smartest entity in the world is no longer human. Everybody agrees that we are entering an era of augmented intelligence.
Every job that solely relies on a computer or a computer system falls into the category of the most vulnerable.
A conversation that is not happening: Incredibly, not many people are discussing this revolution and its far-reaching impact on humanity. Few are raising alarms about the implications and risks.
We are neglecting to ask, or insisting on an answer, to the question of who will be in charge during the transformation into an AI world.
“We are relying on a handful of multi-billionaires — Elon Musk (OpenAI), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta AI and Scale AI), Jeff Bezos (Amazon and Anthropic), Bill Gates (Microsoft), and Peter Thiel (OpenAI) — to shape the future of humanity without any democratic input or oversight,” said Bernie Sanders to Congress on Monday, December 9, 2025.
There are hardly any regulations, yet we, the people who are at risk of total extinction according to these five big tech companies themselves, are not questioning what they are doing!
This leads to procrastination, indecision, and inaction.
Understand that stopping the development of AI is not feasible. We need to recognize that time to exert our influence is of the essence.
We need to campaign for buy-in from nations all over the world on the following principles:
- Keep humanity and human values at the center of this technology.
- Campaign for ethical development and agree on a guiding framework to protect humans.
- Build AI to care more about us than they care about themselves.
- Hardwire benevolence towards people into AI systems.
- Transparency and honesty are needed.
- Global cooperation: seek collaboration from all countries.
A good beginning would be to ban AI and robots from impersonating human beings in any shape or form.
We need to decide whether AI should have the right to free speech or any other human rights at all.
This technology has incredible potential for benefit; the challenge is how to reap the benefits without incurring the potential risks. The implications of technology touch not only on economics but also involve philosophy, psychology, and ethics.
Your human workforce:
- Retrain, upskill, reskill, and redeploy.
- Develop retraining programs: transition affected workers to upskill and reskill to meet new demands.
- Consider and campaign for social and economic support systems for displaced workers.
- Enable and empower your people by raising awareness; organize channels for information, counseling, seminars, and speakers.
- In short: get your company involved in community support.
We must act quickly, be honest, and speak loudly about the imminent disruption of human lifestyles. No previous revolution in history occurred at this scale.
And a final word from the man who helped usher this technology into the world, 53 years ago:
“Treat AI like fire: immensely useful, but respect its burn potential.”
- Geoffrey Hinton.
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