My father and an older friend keep pushing me to just use AI. You will become addicted is the cheerful nudging. No, thank you. The last vestige of my freedom is in my mind, where I try and make sense of the world. I've used legal databases for decades to research and write, so I am not a Luddite. But I am still in charge. The errors or wins in persuasion are mine. It is like going to the gym, lifting weights. Building muscle with weights cannot be outsourced, at least not yet.
There is another ethical issue of the proprietary theft of information. A young middle-aged tech bro was on a panel discussing AI. With a cheerful smile, he admonished everyone to just enjoy the ride - sort of like the captain on a plane before takeoff. An older author of books wisely pointed out that what he was asking for was the acceptance of tech companies gaining massive profits off the labor of others, for free. As Heidegger, and others, warned 70 + years ago, we are the natural resource being consumed.
Exactly right. We are the inheritors of an astounding civilization built over millennia. Let's be thoughtful stewards and not amuse ourselves to idiocracy...
Spot on. AI is going to test the entire human conception of critical thought and intellect.
In a good way. Humans never got around to figuring it out
My father and an older friend keep pushing me to just use AI. You will become addicted is the cheerful nudging. No, thank you. The last vestige of my freedom is in my mind, where I try and make sense of the world. I've used legal databases for decades to research and write, so I am not a Luddite. But I am still in charge. The errors or wins in persuasion are mine. It is like going to the gym, lifting weights. Building muscle with weights cannot be outsourced, at least not yet.
There is another ethical issue of the proprietary theft of information. A young middle-aged tech bro was on a panel discussing AI. With a cheerful smile, he admonished everyone to just enjoy the ride - sort of like the captain on a plane before takeoff. An older author of books wisely pointed out that what he was asking for was the acceptance of tech companies gaining massive profits off the labor of others, for free. As Heidegger, and others, warned 70 + years ago, we are the natural resource being consumed.
Exactly right. We are the inheritors of an astounding civilization built over millennia. Let's be thoughtful stewards and not amuse ourselves to idiocracy...
Maybe it’s not knowledge until it’s verified. Duh. Eliminate the confusion, belief nonsense.
Interesting questions in the last paragraph. Can I draft an essay that address them and send to you?