Steering AI Beyond Automation
AI as Normal Technology Arvind Narayanan
The authors argue that AI research is overfocused on automating human labor and propose shifting toward AI designed for human-AI collaboration instead. They point to low latency—describing it as necessary to support real-time interaction like a natural conversation—as a key research target. This changes AI development by prioritizing white-box, low-latency, continually collaborative, and collaboration-focused evaluation directions over black-box delegation systems.
Why it matters
A Research Agenda and Plan for Action