Pandora’s boxes

May 2 2023 The New York Times

We Are Opening the Lids on Two Giant Pandora’s Boxes

A good piece by Thomas L. Friedman.

Climate change is bringing severe storms, extended droughts, unseasonal heatwaves, and other once-in-a-100-years events.

A.I. is beginning to generate content that humans can not tell from the real thing, and is encroaching on every imaginable field. It can help humans if used correctly, but if not, it can cause unimaginable damage.

We just have to hope that we do not forget basic morals and ethics when we tackle these two issues.

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Maybe this is the time for the old Irish blessing -
May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been,
the foresight to know where you are going,
and the insight to know when you have gone too far.