As Vallor (2018) cautioned, “AI is a mirror of society”, in which the “human, social, and ethical failures that were already here … [are] amplified and accelerated” (Santa Clara University, 2018). Expanding on this metaphor, Vallor also asked this question (Santa Clara University, 2018):
[I]f you look in a mirror and see a dirty face looking back, what should you do?
Break the mirror
Start an anti-mirror campaign
Start scrubbing the mirror
Accept what the mirror shows as ‘inevitable’
Try washing some dirt off your face
This question stuck with me, because I think the first four choices would lead us to a dystopian future, whereas the fifth could lead us to a utopian future.