A Realistic Path on AI

A closer look at the people, practices and public choices shaping the next phase of artificial intelligence.

The reader behind this fictional letter wants AI policy to begin with actual workplaces. A school administrator, a workshop supervisor and a legal assistant face different tasks and constraints. Rules and training should recognise those differences instead of relying on a single abstract picture of automation.

The proposed realistic path combines small pilots with clear responsibility for mistakes and a way to stop an unsuitable deployment. Workers should help decide what counts as a useful improvement. That approach allows experimentation while refusing to treat every new tool as a reason to reorganise work immediately.

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