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I miss scarcity

This is not a complaint. Or, if it is a complaint, it's half-aimed at me. Mostly this is a reflection.

In the old days, I got to know music really well -- in great detail, sonically, musically, reading all the credits, the liner notes, etc. A friend would have an album I didn't, so I'd go to his house to listen. We'd talk about the music. We'd talk about how album sides hung together or didn't. We were thrilled by double albums.

Now, a torrent of information is everywhere. I listen alone, often to a single song, often not listening to anything over and over again.

You will tell me, "That's your choice." I'd half agree. It's like agreeing that "It's my choice not to live off the electrical grid." 

As I read and teach about AI, I am learning that our tools often prioritize speed and information glut. It seems, initially, like a cornucopia but it becomes a wash of "content." I must admit, I'm losing my talent for managing all this content, and I'm losing my love for it. And it's making me into a different person, somewhat, and I am not so sure I want to be that person. End of reflection.

Wizard Conjuring Cosmic Chaos Art Print featuring the drawing Let There be Content by Benjamin Schwartz

hilde45
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foggyus91
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YAWN. Smart Phones made people stupid, AI will do the same.

I read reports from my engineers and it is quite evident and telling, those who know their field and those who use AI and fake it.

 

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mahgister
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Very well said. It is the matter of the last book of McLuhan with his son Eric."laws of medias" which imply a tetrad of factor with a missing fifth factor we discovered nowadays only  with A.I. 

There are those who believe that the next step is when we create something that constructs its own abstract patterns to link things and give them a value weight to make independent decisions. That is truly scary. To me it is not human intelligence, and I do not see a way that it can contain emotional, social, or temporal weight to make any of its decisions human friendly.

To me human intelligence is a merging of sensory and emotional patterns that have social and temporal context that leads to a decision or action that may not be win or lose (binary). This is also where creativity originates in my view.

Sensory patterns are somewhat fixed, but can vary by individual. Emotional patterns I don't think are fixed. They seem to change based on hormones and environment. And social and temporal patterns can have similarities but also seem to be in a state constant change.

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mahgister
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Thanks i will read it for sure.

This could be a succinct summary statement of a paper I published recently on AI and mind: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp-7-2024-paul-miklowitz-our-minds-our-selves-mind-meaning-and-machines-109-131

wswright20
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AI has to be managed as a useful tool; I doubt the world is ending as many seem to fear.  Looking back in history many of the same things were said by our parents and grandparents regarding, rock and roll, calculators, computers, ATM cards, global commerce, internet, social media etc.  Change is really hard for most humans but is essential for progress.  Becomes even harder as we get older because nostalgia and mortality creep in at an ever-increasing rate.  One certainly has to be aware of the potential downsides of change, but I personally try to focus on the constructive possibilities.  I'm trying to never yell "get off my lawn"! 

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mahgister
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A.I. is not perceived only as a tool even by his designer and the oligarchs behind them. In matter of reality beliefs are as potent as facts demonstrable or not.

It is not the  end of the world (Terminator) but the end of millions of jobs suddenly and the end of capitalism as such (UBI) then it is not a matter of jokes but very serious too ...

On a personal note i am not Luddite, after my child birth the most important material event is my computer , why ? Because i can study and listen music at no cost... Almost...

AI has to be managed as a useful tool; I doubt the world is ending as many seem to fear.  Looking back in history many of the same things were said by our parents and grandparents regarding, rock and roll, calculators, computers, ATM cards, global commerce, internet, social media etc.  Change is really hard for most humans but is essential for progress.  Becomes even harder as we get older because nostalgia and mortality creep in at an ever-increasing rate.  One certainly has to be aware of the potential downsides of change, but I personally try to focus on the constructive possibilities.  I'm trying to never yell "get off my lawn"! 

 

 

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