How societies can adapt to AI & 5 insights from tech leaders | WEF | Top Stories of the Week

This week's top stories of the week include: 0:14 - How can societies adapt to AI: Artificial intelligence is going to create enormous disruption in the #jobs market, but there is much that governments, organizations, educators and people themselves can do to ensure new technologies such as #AI uplift everyone. Here are insights from: Liz Shuler, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; Peter Howitt, Professor Emeritus at Brown University; Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Group CEO of Mubadala; Erik Brynjolfsson Professor at Stanford University; and Oren Cass, founder and CEO of American Compass. 04:23 - 5 insights from tech leaders: From why AI isn’t improving your organization’s productivity, to the future of the human condition in the era of AI, and how much longer until AGI is here - here are 5 insights from Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI, Demis Hassabis, Co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, and Dario Amodei, Co-founder and CEO of Anthropic. 15:22 - Solar company powers one million homes: In Sierra Leone, around two-thirds of the population are not connected to the power grid. EasySolar has come up with an affordable and reliable solution, explains co-founder Nthabiseng Mosia. Customers buy a basic solar kit with a down payment, paying off the rest in interest-free instalments. With that, they gain access to emissions-free electricity generated by something Sierra Leone has in abundance: sunshine. 11:50 - What sport teaches us about leadership: Sana Mir is a star of women’s international cricket. She captained #Pakistan for 137 matches over 8 years, and became the first woman from her country to be inducted into the International #Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame. She is also a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Here, she explains the life lessons her career has taught her, such as building resilience, learning to collaborate, and growing into leadership. ____________________________________________________________________ The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. It provides a global, impartial and not-for-profit platform for meaningful connection between stakeholders to establish trust, and build initiatives for cooperation and progress. Find out more below: World Economic Forum Website ► http://www.weforum.org/ YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/wef LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-economic-forum Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomicforum/ Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/worldeconomicforum/  X ► https://twitter.com/wef TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@worldeconomicforum WhatsApp ► https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaDcHBKGZNCihKxwiD0L Threads ► https://www.threads.com/@worldeconomicforum Flipboard ► https://flipboard.com/@WEF #WorldEconomicForum #wef