TEDx talks are about crazy ideas for saving the world. Here's mine.
Why can't we all just get along? Why do we have war, poverty and other
social ills, despite the fact that nobody wants these things? Is it that people have
some kind of inborn aggression and stupidity that won't go away?
I don't think so. What happens is that, despite their best
intentions, people tend to fall into a trap: the Prisoner's Dilemma. There's a tradeoff between cooperation and competition. Our problem is that
everything in our society is set up for competition, preventing us
from cooperating with each other to solve our major problems.
The good news is that technological advances will help us get that
tradeoff right for the modern era. Not just by improving
productivity, but in a surprising way: By making it easier for people
to cooperate with one another.
The main reason to compete is when there's scarcity. But soon, with AI
and 3D printing, we'll be able to make or do whatever we need. We can
end widespread scarcity. We don't have to fight each other. Then we'll
all live happily ever after!
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Henry Lieberman is a Research Scientist at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL). Before that, he ran the Software Agents group at the MIT Media Lab. He has published over 120 papers and 3 books. Christopher Fry and Henry Lieberman’s new book, “Why Can’t We All Get Along: How Science Can Enable a More Cooperative Future”, expands upon the topic of this TEDx talk. It shows how AI and personal manufacturing can usher in a new era of cooperation, and presents radical new designs for the economy, government, and society. [ Ссылка ] This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
