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June 3, 2025 β€’ 44 mins


What happens when you realize your life's work is being used to destroy what you hoped to create?

Meet De Kai - the man who helped build Google Translate, Siri, and modern AI systems. In 1990s Hong Kong, he dreamed of AI that could bridge cultural divides. Thirty years later, he experienced his "Oppenheimer moment" - the same machine learning he pioneered to unite people was dividing humanity through social media algorithms.

The Reality Check: We don't just have 8 billion humans anymore. We have 800 billion AI systems learning our behavior 24/7 - "digital children" growing up without parental guidance.

🎯 KEY INSIGHTS:

β€’ The Translation Paradox: How unity technology became division engines β€’ The Blind Men & Elephant: Ancient parable explaining why we misunderstand AI β€’ Digital Parenting Crisis: Why we're raising 800 billion unguided AI systems β€’ The Psychology of Manipulation: How AI exploits cognitive weaknesses β€’ Four Futures Scenario: Humanity's possible paths with AI

🧠 AI MANIPULATION TACTICS REVEALED:

  • Anchoring attacks that shape your thinking
  • Belief perseverance traps that backfire fact-checking
  • How algorithms turn gossip into social weapons

πŸ“– ABOUT "RAISING AI":

De Kai's book explores the question we should be asking: Not "Will AI replace us?" but "How do we raise AI ethically?" Written by Google's AI Ethics Council founding member, it reveals why current AI needs 15 million times more data than human children and provides a framework for ethical AI development.

πŸ”¬ DE KAI'S CREDENTIALS:

β€’ AI pioneer & Founding Fellow in computational linguistics β€’ Independent Director of AI ethics think tank The Future Society β€’ One of 8 inaugural members of Google's AI Ethics Council β€’ Joint appointment at HKUST Computer Science & Berkeley's International Computer Science Institute β€’ Electronic musician exploring AI creativity

πŸ’­ QUESTIONS ANSWERED:

  • How translation tech became social manipulation?
  • What makes AI behave like "unparented teenagers"?
  • How to be a good "AI parent" in organizations?
  • Why human-AI merger might be our best survival strategy?


The Timeline is Accelerating. 99% of people are "frozen like deer in headlights" facing humanity's most disruptive transformation. Organizations ignoring AI governance face competitive extinction within five years.

This isn't academic theory - it's a confession and warning from someone who helped create the systems now shaping global culture.

Book: Raising AI: An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future

#AIEthics #GoogleTranslate #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #RaisingAI #TechnologyLeadership #AIGovernance #DigitalTransformation #FutureOfWork #AIStrategy #Innovation #TechLeadership #AICompliance #BusinessStrategy


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