Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future

 
　　LinkedIn、 Inflection AI共同創辦人雷德‧霍夫曼（Reid Hoffman），不僅是科技領域知名的企業家與投資者、多家公司董事會的成員，同時也服務於史丹佛大學人本人工智慧（HAI） 顧問委員會等多個非營利組織，掌握矽谷與AI最前線的重要資訊。他以資深業內人士的觀點，分享AI將如何協助人類突破現況，讓我們的世界和未來，處處充滿機會與希望。

　　儘管運用AI的過程，無可避免混雜了假資訊流竄的問題，科技淘汰人類部分工作內容之類等挑戰，也令人恐懼，然而惶惶不安、遲疑不前，並無法使人從中受益。我們需要積極擁抱新科技，全面理解、積極思考如何掌握AI潛在的巨大潛能，用以提升人類生活的層次，為個人與整個社會創造出美妙的成果。

　　試想這一個未來世界：在求學階段，AI家教能輔助老師，為每一個孩子量身打造教育計畫；醫藥領域研究人員可運用AI加速開發治療癌症、阿茲海默症各種疾病的方法；在工作場域，AI顧問可以協助人們駕馭複雜的系統，產出想要的工作成果......。

　　《超級代理人》（Superacency）邀請我們共同著眼於AI的包容與適應性，霍夫曼與科技文化記者格雷格·比托描寫出一個充滿機會與驚喜的未來，提出激勵人心的變革藍圖。(文/博客來編譯)
 
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　　「雷德‧霍夫曼在書中再次展現他的長處：分析挑戰、提出解決方案，致力實現公平機會。未來工作者將大幅運用科技來代理個人、組織、營運流程及跨組織的事務，運用可信任的工具，以提高產值，解決極為複雜的問題。作者融合經驗、研究和幽默感，提醒我們舉凡電力，甚至像是大規模印刷書籍之類的技術剛問世時，也曾被視為威脅。」——微軟董事長兼執行長薩蒂亞·納德拉（Satya Nadella）
 
　　「《超級代理人》（Superacency）提供關鍵視角，說明AI如何協助我們應對全球當下最急迫的挑戰，並確保社會中的每個人，都能因這項技術而受益。這是一本非常重要的讀物。」—— 比爾·蓋茲（Bill Gates）

Tech visionary Reid Hoffman shares his unique insider’s perspective on an AI-powered future, making the case for its potential to unlock a world of possibilities.

　　Superagency offers a roadmap for using AI inclusively and adaptively to improve our lives and create positive change. While acknowledging challenges like disinformation and potential job changes, the book focuses on AI’s immense potential to increase individual agency and create better outcomes for society as a whole.

　　Imagine AI tutors personalizing education for each child, researchers rapidly discovering cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer, and AI advisors empowering people to navigate complex systems and achieve their goals. Hoffman and co-author, tech and culture writer Greg Beato envision a world where these possibilities, and many more, become a reality.

　　Superagency challenges conventional fears, inviting us to view the future through a lens of opportunity, rather than fear. It’s a call to action – to embrace AI with excitement and actively shape a world where human ingenuity and the power of AI combine to create something extraordinary.

Reid Hoffman is the co-founder of LinkedIn, co-founder of Inflection AI, and a partner at Greylock. He currently serves on the boards of companies such as Aurora, Coda, Entrepreneur First, Microsoft, and Nauto. He also serves on nonprofit boards, such as Kiva, Endeavor, CZI Biohub, New America, Opportunity@Work, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, and the MacArthur Foundation’s Lever for Change.

He is the host of the Masters of Scale podcast, as well as the Possible podcast. He is the co-author of five best-selling books: The Startup of You, The Alliance, Blitzscaling, Masters of Scale, and Impromptu. He earned a master’s degree in philosophy from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree with distinction in symbolic systems from Stanford University.

Greg Beato has been writing about technology and culture since the early days of the World Wide Web. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, Reason, Spin, Slate, Buzzfeed, The Guardian, and more than 100 other publications worldwide.