3 ways global youth is securing responsible AI

Concurrently, with artificial intelligence at the helm of what has been named the Fourth Industrial Revolution, technological change is shaping and re-shaping the world around us with unprecedented velocity, scope, and systems impact. Thought leaders are drawing similarities between today’s overall state of flux – be it political, societal, or economic – and prior periods in history. Some have been doing so by putting these changes in the context of revolving generational patterns and archetypes.

Moreover, pundits are acknowledging the rising call for understanding the present – and today’s Global North and Global South dynamics – through the lens of colonialism and explaining the root causes of the climate crisis by citing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s sixth and most recent report. Correspondingly, these calls have also become part of the artificial intelligence discourse, as seen in the movement to decolonize AI, for example. These discussions identify capitalism as the original motive for colonial practices and draw parallels to today’s technological scene, which, in turn, yields to the growing conversation about rethinking our economic paradigms and models.

Today’s youth think globally and contextually in terms of the past, the present and the future. In the Millennial Manifesto, created in tandem with the Global Shapers Community’s 10th anniversary, youth state: “We will listen and learn from one another – past, present, and future. We will respect the global context and that all parts of the world co-exist. We will test, iterate, and improve our approach to become better leaders and ancestors.”[…]

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