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Could AI Help Us Humans Trust Each Other More?
AI has the potential to expose more people to different cultures, which tends to make us more tolerant and trusting.
The crisis is about trust.
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America is undergoing a crisis of social trust, whether it be in government, the media, the Federal Reserve or simply people with opposing political views. America is also witnessing a revolution in artificial intelligence, as AI transforms everything from Google’s business model to childhood.
These two developments got me thinking: Could the AI revolution somehow be harnessed to bring about a resurgence in social trust, rather than its further collapse?