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Dakara's avatar

Very accurate perspectives. I think Jaron also nailed it from one of his other quotes:

“The danger isn’t that a new alien entity[AI] will speak through our technology and take over and destroy us. To me the danger is that we’ll use our technology to become mutually unintelligible or to become insane if you like, in a way that we aren’t acting with enough understanding and self-interest to survive”

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The Mighty Humanzee's avatar

Absolutely. Extinction thru a form of complacency.

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The One Percent Rule's avatar

Your essay brilliantly highlights the dangers of outsourcing our agency to technological solutions like AI. It's easy to get caught up in the hype, much like Erlich Bachman's overblown confidence in Aviato. 'Viva Aviato!' might be a fun catchphrase, but real solutions require human engagement, critical thinking, and a willingness to do the work, not just relying on the next shiny tech promise, although I have many examples where executives certainly give over their agency and admit to becoming 'lazy' and not checking the AI output - real examples even from the CEO of a bank!

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The Mighty Humanzee's avatar

Thank you for you kind words. I had a career in software for 32 years and saw so many Bachmans - it was like cloning machine. Very disconnected from reality.

And yes we absolutely need human engagement, in-person engagement and need to force ourselves to take risks with the challenge of more analog stimulus. I thought Jaron Lanier’s point was well taken just changing the metaphors would go a long way to changing our views.

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