A very thought provoking piece by the writer Ms.Leher Kala on AI
Read :
https://lnkd.in/daShiWc2
Here is my two penny's worth (And I belong to a gen ,which predates even the author by a fair bit..hitting stone age)
Apart from intellectual dishonesty which the young today consider a concept bereft of meaning ,there are other real dangers of AI impact.One is generating the non existent.Recently an IT decision by income tax tribunal contained non existent decisions,presumably generated by chat GPT.Likewise ,it also has two things which i lable as
1.The google bias
2.The algorithm manipulation
Search engines,lead you in direction they are programmed/tweaked to.
AI goes further .It creates alleyways...narrow,
constricted answers which are projected as manna from heaven.It conditions you to suspend effort.Typing replaces vectored thinking.
In my field ,tax law ,requiring exceptionally high analytic ability,comprehension,creation and articulation ,this system supposedly tells you answers to all.And therein lies the danger.I see it all around me already.Such average performers...articulation ability ,critical discussion ability,juris prudential skills ...nearing nil. ...fighting for crumbs...and blaming the system for it.
Its complete suspension of creative thought.
The point of worry is the gay abandon with which the young are running to it.
Like money,AI is a great servant but a bad master.
Till it disseminates data and information ,great.The moment it dishes knowledge....that's the red flag.It is unable to distinguish between fact and fiction.It has to provide a solution.
The creator is in danger of getting enslaved by the creation.
A definition of AI by an "old fashioned" me:
" AI is merely a combination of bits and bytes created from an infinite data base on pre defined parameters."
Its no genius .
To me the ultimate quote on AI still is this:
“I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.”
:Joanna Maciejewska
Note to the" young" turk :
"we may be older son.But we aren't dumb.
You may have the speed.But we know the way."