Apple CEO's warning against tech without values

Fortune

Apple CEO Tim Cook encouraged MIT graduates in 2017 to “keep people at the center” of their careers, even with advancements in AI and other technology.

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00:00I'm not worried about artificial intelligence giving computers the ability to think like

00:05humans. I'm more concerned about people thinking like computers, without values or compassion,

00:14without concern for consequences. That is what we need you to help us guard against.

00:25Because if science is a search in the darkness, then the humanities are a candle that shows

00:32us where we've been and the danger that lies ahead. As Steve once said, technology alone

00:41is not enough. It is technology married with the liberal arts, married with the humanities

00:48that make our hearts sing. When you keep people at the center of what you do, it can have an

00:54enormous impact. Whatever you do in your life, and whatever we do at Apple, we must infuse it with

01:03the humanity that each of us is born with. That responsibility is immense, but so is the opportunity.

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