70% chance of rain doesn't mean it's going to rain.

Right.

Exactly.

So it collapses into this one prediction that then either is meaningful to you or is not meaningful to you.

Right.

So sort of the argument still holds, if you will, I think.

But what also happens here is...

And in a way, these AI companies are are essentially creating a tool that kind of offers to absolutely replace that function and be the system that does all that in a different way in this prediction-laden way.

[laughs] Um, how, how does your work make space for, um, if not agency, then even hope, right?

[laughs] Yeah, I like that.

So I really, I really think that agency is the, is the, um, key word here.

And, you know, just as the, by the by, I just find it hilarious that we talk more about AI agents than agency [laughs] these days.

So I think two things or two sort of responses I have to this.

Number one is s- most of us are-- have the privilege to be part of an institution or are members of communities that are in some way organized.

That can be workplace, school, um, the family unit, that can be local government, that can be state government, you know, that can be your local soccer club, um, that can be your congregation.

Um, so can you tell us more about kind of this notion of, like, routine AI uses and, like, the need for, um, you know-- In addition to those conversations you mentioned, what does it look like to develop critical and conscious praxis?

So in, in that spirit, can we talk more about agency and, um, where you see possibilities for agency, especially as so much of the discourse we encounter is, like, tech billionaires and government leaders are kind of, you know, um, driving full speed off the cliff? [chuckles] Um, how, how does your work make space for, um, if not agency, then even hope, right?

[chuckles] Yeah.

I like that.

So I really, I really think that agency is the, is the, um, key word here.

And, you know, just as the... by the by, I just find it hilarious that we talk more about AI agents than agency [chuckles] these days.

So I think, uh, two things or two sort of responses I have to this.

Number one is s- most of us are... have the privilege to be part of an institution or are members of communities that are in some way organized.

Um, so can you tell us more about kind of this notion of, like, routine AI uses and, like, the need for, um, you know, in addition to those conversations you mentioned, what does it look like to develop critical and conscious praxis?

How does your work make space for, if not agency, then even hope, right? Yeah.

Yeah, I like that.

So I really think that agency is the key word here.

And, you know, just as the by the by, I just find it hilarious that we talk more about AI agents than agency these days.

So I think two things or two sort of responses I have to this.

Number one is agency.

Most of us have the privilege to be part of an institution or are members of communities that are in some way organized.

But on the other hand, you don't want to be kind of, for lack of a better word, shilling it.

plan.So in, in that spirit, can we talk more about agency and, um, where you see possibilities for agency, especially as so much of the discourse we encounter is, like, tech billionaires and government leaders are kind of, you know, um, driving full speed off the cliff? [laughs] Um, how, how does your work make space for, um, if not agency, then even hope, right?

[laughs] Yeah, I like that.

So I really, I really think that agency's the, is the, um, key word here.

And, you know, just as the, by the by, I just find it hilarious that we talk more about AI agents than agency [laughs] these days.

So I think, uh, two things or two sort of responses I have to this.

Number one is s- most of us are, have the privilege to be part of an institution or are members of communities that are in some way organized.

That can be workplace, school, um, the family unit, that can be local government, that can be state government, you know, that can be your local soccer club, um, that can be your congregation.

Um, so can you tell us more about kind of this notion of, like, routine AI uses and, like, the need for, um, you know, in addition to those conversations you mentioned, what does it look like to develop critical and conscious praxis?

[chuckles] Um, how, how does your work make space for, um, if not agency, then even hope, right?

[chuckles] Yeah, I like that.

So I really, I really think that agency is the, is the, um, key word here.

And you know, just as the, by the by, I just find it hilarious that we talk more about AI agents than agency [chuckles] these days.

So I think two things or two sort of responses I have to this.

Number one is most of us are, have the privilege to be part of an institution or are members of communities that are in some way organized.

That can be workplace, school, um, the family unit, that can be local government, that can be state government, you know, that can be your local soccer club, um, that can be your congregation.

Um, so can you tell us more about kind of this notion of, like, routine AI uses and, like, the need for, um, you know, in addition to those conversations you mentioned, what does it look like to develop critical and conscious praxis?

[chuckles] Um, how, how does your work make space for, um, if not agency, then even hope, right?

[chuckles] Yeah, I like that.

So I really, I really think that agency is the, is the, um, key word here.

And, you know, just as the-- by the by, I just find it hilarious that we talk more about AI agents than agency [chuckles] these days.

So I think, uh, two things or two sort of responses I have to this.

Number one is s- most of us are-- have the privilege to be part of an institution or are members of communities that are in some way organized.

That can be workplace, school, um, the family unit, that can be local government, that can be state government, you know, that can be your local soccer club, um, that can be your congregation.

Um, so can you tell us more about kind of this notion of, like, routine AI uses and, like, the need for, um, you know, in addition to those conversations you mentioned, what does it look like to develop critical and conscious praxis?

So in, in that spirit, can we talk more about agency and, um, where you see possibilities for agency, especially as so much of the discourse we encounter is like tech billionaires and government leaders are kind of, you know, um, driving full speed off the cliff? [chuckles] Um, how, how does your work make space for, um, if not agency, then even hope, right?

[chuckles] Yeah, I like that.

So I really, I really think that agency is the, is the, um, key word here.

And, you know, just as a, by the by, I just find it hilarious that we talk more about AI agents than agency [chuckles] these days.

So I think two things or two sort of responses I have to this.

Number one is most of us are-- have the privilege to be part of an institution or are members of communities that are in some way organized.

That can be workplace, school, um, the family unit, that can be local government, that can be state government, you know, that can be your local soccer club, um, that can be your congregation.

Um, so can you tell us more about kind of this notion of like routine AI uses and like the need for, um, you know, in addition to those conversations you mentioned, what does it look like to develop critical and conscious praxis?

I'm not asking you to put on your magician hat or your, your psychic hat, but, uh, to tell us, what do you think, uh, would be the, uh, fact behind this technology? What it can and what it cannot do? And of course, what are your future predictions about how this technology is going to reinvent itself over the course of the next five years?

That is such a big question, and I guess if I really knew the answer, I would probably, you know, [laughs] make money off that bet.

So let me, let me answer sort of the, the, the first part first.

So, uh, what can it do today? I think we actually all intimately know what it can do today because I think that most of us have at least played with the free generative AI systems that are out there on the market and have perhaps used them for things like drafting emails or speeches or probably for search.

As you said, Renee, search, it, you know, online search is now, um, generative AI powered as well.

So I think what specifically generative AI can do today is, um, it can understand, um- The relationship between work- word fragments really well.

So it is, is ... it's sort of a cartography of the human language.

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