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New post on the #Burzcast website: Governing Artificial Intelligence: Balancing Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities. Read more at

This was a great conversation on Morning Joe: https://lnkd.in/eUVruGdf In The Coming Wave https://lnkd.in/ebpy2rPz, I am trying to deliver a warning, to highlight the risks that could come about. But, within this, it’s vital that we don’t lose sight of the benefits as well. AI can make us happier, richer, healthier. And yet it can also introduce immense new risks, up to and including what I call the 21st century’s greatest dilemma. At one point in the book, we talk about “the coming wave of contradictions”, about how a “neat one-sided approach to technology that does it justice. The only coherent approach to technology is to see both sides at the same time.” This is why I’m pushing back in the interview and trying to keep those good sides in view along with all the negatives.  More here: https://lnkd.in/ebpy2rPz

What do we do with all this knowledge? We have all the tools in the world-many of them increasingly amazing and empowering-yet we still struggle to fully take in and design for the vast state of uncertainty. There needs to be a power and influence pivot from just knowledge (and data, kpis, etc.) to wisdom. Amidst volatility we must learn into the wise arc of human history. So many of our planning conversations with the C-suite, business and creative alike, are now almost philosophical conversations around elements such as protection, belonging, trust, and building a human-centered framework that gets and moves people. This applies to AI and its power to open up new possibilities, guided by human values, imagination, and our collective wisdom. So, wise up!

What do we do with all this knowledge? We have all the tools in the world-many of them increasingly amazing and empowering-yet we still struggle to fully take in and design for the vast state of uncertainty. There needs to be a power and influence pivot from just knowledge (and data, kpis, etc.) to wisdom. Amidst volatility we must learn into the wise arc of history of human history. So many of our planning conversations with the C-suite, business and creative alike, are now almost philosophical conversations around elements such as protection, belonging, trust, and building a human-centered framework that gets and moves people. This applies to AI and its power to open up new possibilities, guided by human values, imagination, and our collective wisdom. So, wise up!

In this month's Cadence Clips, we discuss which investment categories have been winning and losing so far this year, as well as our overall assessment of what the heck’s going on in financial markets. No, the future’s not AI. We prefer actual intelligence, and more generally, things that are real. We also talk about our approach to navigating the unruly bond market and how that’s worked out lately. As always, thanks for reading. 🢂https://lnkd.in/ereK4fZT

Larry Fink (BlackRock) we hear you and hope has flourished! AutoReview.AI is the first-ever AI solution that reduces review times by automating plan review. We’re here to change the industry. 🔴 Stay tuned for our product reveal. Citation: BlackRock’s Fink on Bonds, M&A, US Recession, Election: Full Interview, Bloomberg Television, 29 Sept. 2023, https://lnkd.in/eWfAk_MH. Accessed 10 Nov. 2023. #larryfink #autoreviewai #planreview #aisolution #artificialintelligence

On Capitol Hill and in the White House, that alone breeds growing suspicion and defensiveness. Altman and others, including from another prominent AI startup Anthropic, weighed in with ideas for the Biden administration’s sweeping executive order last fall on AI safety and development. But that didn’t earn them lasting good will. “In no way did the idea come from them,” says Ben Buchanan, the senior adviser for AI at the White House who was one of the drafters of the order, referring to the tech industry and suggestions that the rules were written in ways that help existing players. “I reject wholeheartedly the notion of regulatory capture.” The biggest fear for Big Tech’s political antagonists? That AI will — yet again — concentrate power in a few hands. Not just in terms of economic spoils but the power to remake the world in ways well beyond the control of Washington. “There is a winner take all dimension” to the AI revolution, Rohit Chopra, who directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, tells me. “We struggle to see how it doesn’t turn, absent some government intervention, into a market structure where the foundational AI models are not dominated by a handful of the big tech companies.” Saying “star struck” policymakers across Washington have to get over their “eyelash batting awe” over new tech, Chopra predicts “another chapter in which big tech companies are going to face some real scrutiny” in the near future, especially on antitrust.

Continuing on the topic of Artificial Intelligence after #NationalCodingWeek last week, we've taken a deeper dive into how it is fast becoming an integral part of our daily lives, reshaping how we work, learn, and interact with the world. Read more over on our website: https://lnkd.in/eA9CX-M6

If you haven't yet read our Leadership CONNECT, this is a good time to explore this week's curated items: 1. AI Risk: BorderTech's Slippery Slope: From External Defense to Internal Challenges (Undivided Attention/TED) 2. A Personal View: Moore’s Law For Everything By Sam Altman 3. Report: On The Race To Deploy AI (McKinsey)  4. Inspiration: Playfulness is a mindset, a way of thinking and living (Ikea) 5. Thinking Update: How to Capture Text Selection As A Note (MindLi) Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dbANbaY5

There’s this narrative that AI and AI-backed technology are developing and deploying too rapidly to create policies around them. Who benefits from this idea, though? It’s the people who have power. That’s why we headed to Sacramento to discuss a people-first policy approach to AI and equity with experts and advocates like Jake Snow, Technology and Civil Liberties Attorney at the ACLU of Northern California. Click here for our major takeaways: https://ow.ly/cf1h50RcvzA