AI tools are like a mirror reflecting the knowledge and the fault lines of society. The following individual strategies may help us realize the learning benefits while minimizing the downsides.
1. Think Critically
AI generated content can easily mislead or manipulate. With AI-generated media flooding the internet digital literacy is more essential than ever. It's important to guard your personal data, be skeptical and verify sources before trusting or sharing.
2. Support ResponsibilityAI companies can use extractive and exploitative methods in developing their tools. AI surveillance and analysis may also establish undesirable power dynamics. Choosing to support services that prioritize ethics, transparency and privacy can help push the industry toward a human rights centered future.
3. Use Intentionally AI is accelerating automation and economic inequality, while the environmental and computational costs are often hidden from view. Setting intentional boundaries for when to use (and not use) AI tools may help us avoid rapid overdependence.
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