Expert views about missing AI narratives: is there an AI story crisis?
Expert views about missing AI narratives: is there an AI story crisis?
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DOI：
10.1007/s00146-022-01548-2
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2022-08-25
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Cowling, Peter
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作者：
Chubb, Jennifer;Reed, Darren;Cowling, Peter
故事是我们对未来愿景的重要指标。在人工智能（AI）的情况下，占主导地位的故事在威胁和短视的解决方案之间两极分化。故事的核心讲述者大型科技公司、大众媒体和科幻小说的作者代表了特定的人口统计和动机。许多故事和讲故事的人都不见了。本文详细介绍了来自对人工智能未来感兴趣的一系列学科的主要学者对缺失的人工智能叙事的描述。与会者关注的是主流叙述与技术能力、问题和日常现实的不为人知的故事之间的差距。一位与会者提出了一种“故事危机”，在这种危机中，这些叙事竞相塑造关于人工智能的公共话语。我们的研究结果表明，占主导地位的叙述分散和误导公众对人工智能的理解和概念。这表明需要更加关注缺失的AI叙事。这不仅仅是讲述新的故事，而是倾听现有的故事，并询问AI想要什么。我们呼吁现实的，细致入微的，包容性的故事，与不同的声音合作，考虑（1）讲故事的人;（2）体裁，（3）沟通目的。这样的故事可以激励下一代的思想家、技术专家和讲故事的人。
Stories are an important indicator of our vision of the future. In the case of artificial intelligence (AI), dominant stories are polarized between notions of threat and myopic solutionism. The central storytellers—big tech, popular media, and authors of science fiction—represent particular demographics and motivations. Many stories, and storytellers, are missing. This paper details the accounts of missing AI narratives by leading scholars from a range of disciplines interested in AI Futures. Participants focused on the gaps between dominant narratives and the untold stories of the capabilities, issues, and everyday realities of the technology. One participant proposed a “story crisis” in which these narratives compete to shape the public discourse on AI. Our findings indicate that dominant narratives distract and mislead public understandings and conceptions of AI. This suggests a need to pay closer attention to missing AI narratives. It is not simply about telling new stories, it is about listening to existing stories and asking what is wanted from AI. We call for realistic, nuanced, and inclusive stories, working with and for diverse voices, which consider (1) story-teller; (2) genre, and (3) communicative purpose. Such stories can then inspire the next generation of thinkers, technologists, and storytellers.