{"id":210775,"date":"2026-05-07T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/the-secret-to-understanding-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T06:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:21:08","slug":"the-secret-to-understanding-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/the-secret-to-understanding-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret to Understanding AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/2026\/05\/ai-for-good-uses\/687082\/\">The Secret to Understanding AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/2026\/05\/ai-for-good-uses\/687082\/\">https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/2026\/05\/ai-for-good-uses\/687082\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-07 10:52:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theatlantic.com\">www.theatlantic.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are the key points from the article excerpted by Josh Tyrangiel:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article discusses how generative AI technology became a major focus in 2023, with projections for trillions in potential profits. Yet the actual benefits for everyday people remain unclear.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Different groups view AI either as a cure for all ills or an existential threat, often with vested interests in those perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Danny Hillis, a pioneer of AI and cloud computing, suggests looking beyond tech companies for how humans actually use AI. <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The author discovers &#8220;AI countercultures&#8221; who are using AI in practical ways to improve fields like healthcare, education, government services and human connections. They aim to fix problems, not just disrupt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is using AI in incremental ways to modernize and assist its operations, though it faces challenges in fully embracing AI due to strict rules and budget cuts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The author argues that for the benefits of AI to actually be realized, it must be shaped by those focused on fixing problems, not only disrupting. Otherwise it risks being shaped by those who see disruption as the only path.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The stakes are high given the vast potential of AI technologies and the existential risks they pose. We must actively shape and teach AI to actualize the benefits for our society, or risk it realizing the disruptive agendas of others.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secret to Understanding AI https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/2026\/05\/ai-for-good-uses\/687082\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-07 10:52:00 Source Domain: www.theatlantic.com Here are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/yPehryIR6gjsUO7gs2uBJ3c7dLQ=\/0x30:1498x810\/1200x625\/media\/img\/mt\/2026\/05\/2026_05_06_AI_good_mpg\/original.gif","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-210775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210779,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210775\/revisions\/210779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}