As news headlines start to recognize the great cycle of AI hype engulfing us all, this post examines why we might be so eager to fall for the tech bros' machinations.
This fascination has been going on for decades. I remember seeing old movies and tv series with robot sidekicks, and computer overseers looking out for the protagonist wellbeing. It will be interesting to see applications of it. The dog story was amusing.
Mad functionalists aside, I daresay any notion of actual consciousness in machines will die out. My big worry is that some may come to *prefer* the direct, agreeable nature of exchanges with machines, over the infuriating, indirect ones with, say, their children and spouses (those incurable energy shakers).
Also, if you habitually engage in fully legitimised exploitative, manipulative behaviour with machines, does it not work its way into our interactions with eachother? Will Kant be turning in his grave as we come to treat everyone, human and machine, as means to our own selfish ends?
Moral philosophy needs to replace maths in schools.
AI does seem to be the new religion, especially now that most people have given up on the Second Coming! Thanks for another thought-provoking post, Boodsy.
This fascination has been going on for decades. I remember seeing old movies and tv series with robot sidekicks, and computer overseers looking out for the protagonist wellbeing. It will be interesting to see applications of it. The dog story was amusing.
Mad functionalists aside, I daresay any notion of actual consciousness in machines will die out. My big worry is that some may come to *prefer* the direct, agreeable nature of exchanges with machines, over the infuriating, indirect ones with, say, their children and spouses (those incurable energy shakers).
Also, if you habitually engage in fully legitimised exploitative, manipulative behaviour with machines, does it not work its way into our interactions with eachother? Will Kant be turning in his grave as we come to treat everyone, human and machine, as means to our own selfish ends?
Moral philosophy needs to replace maths in schools.
AI does seem to be the new religion, especially now that most people have given up on the Second Coming! Thanks for another thought-provoking post, Boodsy.
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