Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Get Us “Canceled”, Blocked, Fined or Jailed?
Not if We Remember These 10 Coaching Questions for Responsible AI in Real Estate...
Would you stake your business success and longevity on a tool that has a 40% error rate? Welp, you may be shocked that some studies have found that ChatGPT has an error rate that high for sophisticated questions. Yikes!
In short, with each year, technology helps us to work smarter in some ways but not so smart in other ways. How so?
“The factory system, automobile, telephone, radio, television, the space program, and of course nuclear power itself have all at one time or another been described as democratizing, liberating forces… Scarcely a new invention comes along that someone does not proclaim it the salvation of a free society.” –Langdon Winner
In reality, we know new technology has good, “mid.” (as Gen. Z/Alpha says), and “needs improvement” aspects.
“It’s a trap door beneath the technologies that are shaping our everyday lives, from lending algorithms to facial recognition. And there’s currently a policy vacuum when it comes to how companies should handle issues around fairness and bias,” astutely acknowledged Sigal Samuel.
Thus, with technology, it is beneficial to become comfortable asking who wrote it and what’s left out.
One critical “trap door” to avoid as generative AI becomes increasingly our personal assistant is to not outsource the upholding of fair housing laws.
Why?
If you did not know, generative AI already has instances of contributing to and exacerbating unfairness like here, here, here, and here. Yikes!
Significant and lofty penalties have not yet started being doled out so now is as good a time as ever to course-set or even course-correct your team.
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Featured in Inman News — 5 Coaches On How To Show Your Value To Get The Commission (You Deserve). Despite house-hunting TV shows edited down to 22 minutes (misrepresenting the home buying and selling process to seem like a breeze), you are NOT a glorified door opener. But, after watching certain TV shows, many may not know that. Thus, for the last 14+ years, I have coached agents/brokers around the country on how to QUANTIFY your value or what I call, T.A.P. into your value. It’s up to you to educate them (read the article here for my tip —you can download the infographic!— plus tips from four other national coaches).
Featured in RealtorMag. — Beat Fair Housing Fatigue with These 5 Coaching Questions (read here)
Featured in Inman News — Homefront Heroes with Housing Struggles: One Way We Can Empower Veterans and Their Families with Housing Freedom and Fairness (read here)
Featured in HousingWire — "I'm Tired of Talking about Race." "I Don't Know Anyone with a Disability.": What to Do With Similar Valid Sentiments Hindering Momentum Now That Fair Housing Month is Over (read here)
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