At the moment it feels big tech is telling us what the future will look like, how our futures will look like, who will get a job and who will not. All this without us being at the table where this is being discussed...
This essay made me think. Big tech wants profits and they train their models the same way they inject additctions to their platforms. Why do we still believe they will have us in consideration, dignity and respect?
It’s convenience, the tools they provide are now essential to our work and life in general. And this is by design, it’s a great strategy, one that if you decide to walk away you need to determine what you will lose.
Sometime in the future will we have to deal with a quasi sentient being, made of silicone, either real or simulated. Our brain make all real, and reality seems subjective. I wonder if this is something we are doing to ourselves, after all we are the ones that created this AI, in our image. Maybe we have some morbid curiosity?
Not sure about that, but if we pause for a while most of this automation aka AI, is workplace and productivity driven, mainly because there’s profit there and a lot. If you convince companies that you don’t need to hire that much people and a predictive model is enough, imagine companies that provide the productivity tools and then sells you back agents to work on those same productivity tools, it’s a clever strategy. One focused in maximise profit, not benefit humanity, in my opinion.
You are right, in the end is all about people. The “AI” the most advocate is still not here, I personally believe that we are centuries away from a true sentient being. So yes, it feels we are hurting ourselves.
At the moment it feels big tech is telling us what the future will look like, how our futures will look like, who will get a job and who will not. All this without us being at the table where this is being discussed...
This essay made me think. Big tech wants profits and they train their models the same way they inject additctions to their platforms. Why do we still believe they will have us in consideration, dignity and respect?
It’s convenience, the tools they provide are now essential to our work and life in general. And this is by design, it’s a great strategy, one that if you decide to walk away you need to determine what you will lose.
Sometime in the future will we have to deal with a quasi sentient being, made of silicone, either real or simulated. Our brain make all real, and reality seems subjective. I wonder if this is something we are doing to ourselves, after all we are the ones that created this AI, in our image. Maybe we have some morbid curiosity?
Not sure about that, but if we pause for a while most of this automation aka AI, is workplace and productivity driven, mainly because there’s profit there and a lot. If you convince companies that you don’t need to hire that much people and a predictive model is enough, imagine companies that provide the productivity tools and then sells you back agents to work on those same productivity tools, it’s a clever strategy. One focused in maximise profit, not benefit humanity, in my opinion.
Is more like what are we doing to ourselves...
You are right, in the end is all about people. The “AI” the most advocate is still not here, I personally believe that we are centuries away from a true sentient being. So yes, it feels we are hurting ourselves.