WSJ: “Perspective-taking is the ability to genuinely inhabit another point of view. Not to debate it, not to tolerate it, but to actually inhabit it. Intellectual humility is the ability to recognize the edge of your own knowledge and sit with that discomfort rather than trying to rush to fill it. Both of these qualities are, at root, emotional skills. Perspective-taking requires genuine curiosity about minds other than your own. Intellectual humility requires a kind of emotional courage: the willingness to feel uncertain, even a little foolish, in the presence of something or someone that seems very sure of itself. These are not the soft skills we typically celebrate. We celebrate confidence. We promote decisiveness. We are building AI systems specifically designed to give us the answer before we feel the discomfort of not having it.”
NYTimes: “For better or worse, artificial intelligence is driving a major upheaval in American politics that will alter the substance and the character of campaigns. A.I. has emerged as a powerful political tool with the potential either to improve the quality of decision-making on Election Day or to do the opposite and subvert the process of deliberation. Perhaps surprisingly, a number of studies have shown that A.I. chatbots and large language models have stronger persuasive powers than humans.”
Tim Maleeny: “Reading builds empathy, because we’re experiencing the world through the lives of so many different characters. Therefore, more books and readers in the world means more shared experiences and common ground. Remember, politics thrive by tearing us apart, but great stories bring people together.”
WSJ: “American public schools are awash in YouTube. According to more than 45 families, school administrators, clinicians and educators across the country interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, schools’ overreliance on the Google-owned platform for educational content has created a gateway for students to get sucked into an infinite scroll of videos on school-issued devices. YouTube during snack time, dismissal and indoor recess. YouTube to teach drawing to first-graders. YouTube to read a book to class. YouTube under the covers at night, watching hamster videos on school-issued Chromebooks. A survey touted by YouTube executives shows that 94% of teachers have used YouTube in their roles.”
