Being Unsure News Today

Maggie Jackson discusses the importance of uncertainty in artificial intelligence (AI) and how it can lead to more collaborative and adaptable systems. Openly uncertain AI models are being developed to improve transparency and allow for better human-AI interaction. By constructing AI that admits its uncertainty, AI can work with humans to achieve complex goals and align with human preferences.

We talk with journalist Maggie Jackson about her book “Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure,” and how we go about navigating life while living in a state of doubt.

When you experience something new, ambiguous, or unexpected, stress hormones and chemicals flood the brain, Maggie Jackson writes. We are built to crave answers. Not-knowing unsettles us — but we can benefit from embracing uncertainty as a path to curiosity, adaptability and resilience, the very cognitive skills needed in times of change.

When you experience something new, ambiguous, or unexpected, stress hormones and chemicals flood the brain, Maggie Jackson writes. We are built to crave answers. Not-knowing unsettles us — but we can benefit from embracing uncertainty as a path to curiosity, adaptability and resilience, the very cognitive skills needed in times of change.