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Ethan Mollick calls for ambitious AI projects for national good

Ethan Mollick expresses frustration over the perceived lack of ambitious, near-term AI projects aimed at national-scale societal benefit. He believes both AI labs and policymakers/NGOs should be more proactive in leveraging available AI models to tackle significant challenges. AI

IMPACT Calls for more ambitious, large-scale AI applications to address societal problems.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a known commentator on AI.

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Ethan Mollick calls for ambitious AI projects for national good

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emollick.bsky.social ·

    One ongoing frustration is the lack of effort I see being put towards near-term, achievable crash projects to do good with AI at a national scale, whether those

    One ongoing frustration is the lack of effort I see being put towards near-term, achievable crash projects to do good with AI at a national scale, whether those efforts are by the AI labs or by policymakers & NGOs using free models. We should be more ambitious about trying to so…