“Everything that civilisation has to offer is a product of human intelligence; we cannot predict what we might achieve when this intelligence is magnified by the tools that AI may provide, but the eradication of war, disease, and poverty would be high on anyone's list. Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last.” HumansMayWarMightWould BeLastsPovertyAchieveEventsProductsOffersDiseaseCreatingToolsListsArtificial IntelligenceHuman HistoryCivilisationHuman Intelligence Author:Stephen Hawking
“The truth is, the greatest tool to lift children and families from poverty is one that decreases the probability of child poverty by 82%. But it isn't a government spending program. It's called marriage.” ChildrenGovernmentPovertyTruth IsProgramToolsSpendingLiftsProbabilityDecreaseGovernment Spending Author:Marco Rubio
“Polak, a psychiatrist, has applied a behavioral and anthropological approach to alleviating poverty, developed by studying people in their natural surroundings. He argues that there are three mythic solutions to poverty eradication: donations, national economic growth, and big businesses. Instead, he advocates helping the poor earn money through their own efforts of developing low-cost tools that are effective and profitable.” PeopleHelpingBigsThreeGrowthNaturalPoorEffortPovertyStudyEconomicCostApproachSolutionsLowsToolsArguingDevelopingSurroundingsProfitableEconomic GrowthPsychiatristBig BusinessDonationSolutions To Poverty Author:Amy Lockwood
“Private enterprise is not as spectacular nor as easy to see as the socialist way of temporarily diffusing poverty by eating up the seed corn - the tools - which will increase poverty in the long run.” WayLongRunningEasyPovertyEatingToolsIncreaseSeedsEnterpriseLong RunsSocialistCornSpectacularPrivate Enterprise Author:Raymond C. Hoiles
“What AI could do is essentially be a power tool that magnifies human intelligence and gives us the ability to move our civilization forward. It might be curing disease, it might be eliminating poverty. Certainly it should include preventing environmental catastrophe. If AI could be instrumental to all those things, then I would feel it was worthwhile.” IfsGivingFeelsShouldHumansMightMovingAbilityPovertyCivilizationDiseaseToolsEnvironmentalWorthwhileCatastrophePreventingEliminatingHuman IntelligencePower Tools Author:Stuart J. Russell
“The communications revolution has given millions of people both a wider and more detailed understanding of the world. Because of technology, ordinary citizens enjoy access to information that formerly was available only to elites and nation-states. One consequence of this change is that citizens have become acutely conscious of environmental destruction, entrenched poverty, health catastrophes, human rights abuses, failing education systems, and escalating violence. Another consequence is that people possess powerful communication tools to coordinate efforts to attack those problems.” PeopleWorldHumansStatesProblemGivenNationsEnjoyUnderstandingPowerfulEffortEducationPovertyMillionsTechnologyRightsViolenceFailingInformationCommunicationRevolutionCitizensHealthyOrdinaryConsciousConsequenceToolsDestructionAbuseEnvironmentalHuman RightsAvailableAccessElitesCatastropheEducation SystemCoordinatesOrdinary CitizensAccess To InformationEscalatingEnvironmental Destruction Author:David Bornstein
“When you introduce these tools into the community, they can be adopted and implemented at the local level - and the results have been powerful. We have to ask the questions, how do people survive in poverty and other challenges of traumatic childhoods? And, until we fix this underlying problems, how do we help people in the meantime?” PeopleHas BeensHelpingProblemAsksCommunityChallengesLevelsResultsPowerfulPovertyChildhoodToolsLocalsIntroducingAdopted Author:James Redford
“I understand the arguments about how the billions of dollars spent to put men on the moon could have been used to fight poverty and hunger on Earth. But, look, I'm a scientist who sees inspiration as the ultimate tool for doing good. When you use money to fight poverty, it can be of great value, but too often, you're working at the margins. When you're putting people on the moon, you're inspiring all of us to achieve the maximum of human potential, which is how our greatest problems will eventually be solved. Give yourself permission to dream.” PeopleMenGivingHumansLooksHas BeensUseProblemDreamInspirationEarthUsedValuesFightingPovertyAchieveMoonArgumentToolsUltimateScientistDollarsHungerBillionsPermissionMaximumCould Have BeenMarginsDoing GoodHuman PotentialGreat Value Author:Randy Pausch