How to prepare Greece for the onslaught of AI

The OpenAI logo is seen displayed on a cellphone with an image on a computer screen generated by ChatGPT's DALL-E text-to-image model. 'You can use it for the common good or you can use it for military purposes,' says David Evan Harris of the new technology. [Michael Dwyer/AP]

In an interview with Kathimerini, David Evan Harris, a CIGI senior fellow, a Chancellor's Public Scholar at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, and faculty member at the Haas School of Business, who teaches artificial intelligence (AI) ethics for leaders at Berkeley, suggests identifying at-risk jobs and investing in education when asked what he would advise the Greek government to do to prevent the country from becoming a "pariah" in the field.

Harris has devoted himself to the responsible use of this powerful tool, AI, which he likens to nuclear technology: valuable but extremely dangerous. He has worked at Meta (the former Facebook company), writes a column in the Guardian, and follows European efforts to legislate in this area with some trepidation. [Editor's note: It must be noted that this interview took place before representatives from EU member-states...

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