Artificial intelligence. Two loaded words; with different views on each side of the subject.
The science fiction buff in me sees world destruction, the end of mankind. Kuduz Valley as far as the eye can see. I wonder how far kuduz can grow in water? Will the oceans be strangled by kuduz?
The realist in me sees the farther dumbing down of the general population. In my own life, the calculator. In school we had to learn the multiplication tables. 2 X 2 = 5 right? 😉 I couldn’t get past the 5’s now. Our cellphones, I’ve known my best friend for 20 years. I think I know her home phone number. But I have to really think about it.
Then there is the worry that A.I. will take my job. One day an article says that administrative personnel and teachers need to worry. Another day, another article says that everyone will have their own personal assistant. To do what? If A.I. is doing everything, what is left for me?
I’ve seen pictures created by A.I., read stories, poems. They are good. Honestly, what is left for me?
I love it that my phone will read to me. But what am I loosing in the mean time? I love spell check. What can I spell?
Will we really be able to replace the knowledge/abilities lost with new skills? What will they be? What will we loose? Will we miss it?
It would be grand to have a lawnmower that knew the contours of my yard and would mow by itself. My doctor wants me to move more. My job is very sedentary. What do I do instead?
If my car drove me to work, what can I do in that 10 minutes it takes me to get to work? Write a poem? A.I. can do better. Start an outline for the next great American novel? A. I. can do better. Fine a man, start having babies and increase the population. Now there’s a thought. Might not be the right direction. But it’s a thought. But where do I get the money to support such a lifestyle if A.I. has taken my job?
Adapt and over come. The way humanity has always done.
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