Using AI to enhance societal decision making (article by Zershaaneh Qureshi)
80,000 Hours Podcast6 Mar

Using AI to enhance societal decision making (article by Zershaaneh Qureshi)

The arrival of AGI could “compress a century of progress in a decade,” forcing humanity to make decisions with higher stakes than we’ve ever seen before — and with less time to get them right. But AI development also presents an opportunity: we could build and deploy AI tools that help us think more clearly, act more wisely, and coordinate more effectively. And if we roll these decision-making tools out quickly enough, humanity could be far better equipped to navigate the critical period ahead.

This article is narrated by the author, Zershaaneh Qureshi. It explores why AI decision-making tools could be a big deal, who might be a good fit to help shape this new field, and what the downside risks of getting involved might be.

Read the original article on the 80,000 Hours website: https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/ai-enhanced-decision-making/

Chapters:

  • Check out our new narrations feed (00:00:00)
  • Summary (00:01:21)
  • Section 1: Why advancing AI decision making tools might matter a lot (00:02:52)
  • AI tools could help us make much better decisions (00:05:59)
  • We might be able to differentially speed up the rollout of AI decision making tools (00:11:04)
  • Section 2: What are the arguments against working to advance AI decision making tools? (00:13:17)
  • Section 3: How to work in this area (00:26:19)
  • Want one-on-one advice? (00:29:50)

Audio editing: Dominic Armstrong and Milo McGuire

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