The Benefits of Alternative Intelligence

Create a digital copy of yourself with the AI Foundation.

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Create a Personal Artificial Intelligence Persona of Yourself.

The AI Foundation is hoping to find a way to bring together industry, educators, and ethicists to develop artificial intelligence that supports humanity, instead of treating humans as a market to exploit.

It brings a fairly unique way of looking at artificial intelligence and a practical approach to controlling this new technology in an attempt to keep it from moving entirely into the hands of large corporations.

The AI Foundation is a dual commercial/non-profit organization.

The concept behind the creation of this organization was to find a middle road, a balance between non-profit, research and development, and the more common commercial uses of artificial intelligence in our society.

Their mission is to “bring the power and protection of AI to everyone in the world so we may all participate fully in the future.” AI Foundation, Media FAQ’s

The Foundation has created a space for collaboration, where ideas are developed and discussed with a focus on the long-term impacts of AI on humanity, moving beyond the goals of pure profit.

The Foundation intends to make Personal AI Extensions available to everyone.

The future collaboration of these digital individuals would provide a way to move humanity forward while protecting individuals and communities.

The idea is you would be able to create and access your own personal AI extension, which would act as a 4th brain, looking sounding, and thinking like you.

Only it would be a more logical version of you.

The foundation would map your brain through a custom conversational Q&A process. These conversations become the link between your biological and digital brain, creating a knowledge base, and learning how your brain works.

What’s a Personal AI Extension?

It’s an extension of your own brain, capable of taking your own ideas into the world.

It’s a way to leave a legacy behind or to share your expertise with a larger number of people than you could manage on your own.

This personal AI extension might look like this:

• legacy — you could leave it behind as a representative for future generations, including your memories and experiences from a unique perspective in time.

• presence — you could be in billions of places at once, sharing your ideas with the world.

• access — connect with talented and famous people who share their digital expertise.

• self-improvement — a great example is Digital Deepak (Chopra).

• entertainment — famous entertainers will be able to preserve their skills and talents at the peak of their successes and we will have access to them.

How is this AI different from other companies?

The approach of the AI Foundation is different because it focuses on creating a way for individuals to use AI to extend their purpose in the world, becoming more effective at sharing their gifts and abilities.

Other companies have taken a more profit-oriented approach in the development of AI.

• They are focused on enhancing fictional people using AI as a tool, instead of enhancing real people.

• They are developing automation that replaces humans instead of enhancing human abilities using AI.

• Instead of mapping existing brains to support ongoing learning, they are focused on creating digital data stores.

• They are using surgery to implant devices instead of using targeted smart conversations to map your brain and acquire and expand your knowledge.

“AI that is free to support us, not constrained to commoditize us. AI that supports humans in their endeavors, not monetizes their every move. Why be the product when you could be the protagonist — the owner….” AI Foundation, Media FAQ’s

Sustainable AI

There’s been a rise in the use of AI for malicious purposes such as the spread of fake news which is changing our perception of reality.

Sustainable AI is working together, creating practical solutions and tools to ensure this technology doesn’t cause harm to people or society. The establishment of ‘Reality Defender’ is the first step.

Reality Defender is a technology to detect synthetic media and uses algorithms and humans together to fight against fake news.

Well-known mind/body wellness advocate, Deepak Chopra, has collaborated with the AI Foundation to create Digital Deepak.

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I confess I’m feeling a bit behind as I explore and strive to understand the concept of how this new technology will change the world.

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” Albert Einstein

It holds such a great capacity to disrupt society in many ways, and we see evidence of its for-profit use in many instances.

I appreciate learning about the existence of the AI Foundation and am happy to learn of its unique approach to the development of AI.

They are working toward practical solutions that ensure this technology doesn’t cause harm.

That is welcome news.