Al - Good or bad? You decide

CHANGE is the code word of this world. Everything is subject to change; our minds, the earth, the sky, our bodies, our friends, our enemies and of course information technology. Akin to the human space much has changed in space that is cyber and in this interview with Jesse Dingley, a 25-year-old British born AI engineer we attempt to look objectively at the phenomena that is AI.

- By Surya VISHWA

Jesse Dingley Pic taken by Jesse on his travels in the Himalayan range

Having taken a break last year to globe trot, Jesse is currently a backpacker who travels the globe exploring the peaks of mountains, flow of rivers and the un-describable beauty of the lived in knowledge of earth beings.

His favourite book so far is One Way Ticket by Rolf Oostra. Being amongst the first set of young mathematical wizards to join the Artificial Intelligence trigger at its infancy in 2022, in this interview he ponders on the great good that AI can give the world. He also frankly admits it could seriously limit and impact critical thinking if used in a manner where the human mind outsources all its responsibilities to AI. Below are excerpts of the discussion with Jesse Dingley carried out in Jaffna when he was travelling through.

It’s a very interesting place and different to the rest of Sri Lanka. I find it calm and ‘non touristy.’

China, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Japan, Thailand, Mongolia and now Sri Lanka.

I will be travelling for some time more and decide what I want to do.