AI and advice: A love letter to the future

'Capability arrives quickly, whereas judgement tends to lag behind'

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Stephen Lancaster tackles the topic of AI in advice, saying just because we can, doesn’t mean we should…

There's been a veritable deluge of ‘think pieces' on artificial intelligence (AI) this past year, so much so that I found myself wondering whether I had anything original to add. Which is when I found myself thinking about Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park. Indulge me for a moment. There's a point where the film stops being a monster movie for a beat and becomes an ethical reckoning, when everybody suddenly realises that the dinosaurs aren't the true villains – human hubris is. That's the moment where Goldblum's character, Dr. Ian Malcolm delivers the line: "Your scientists were so pr...

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