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I see your point. But couldn't you use the same argument without AI? The internet already has multiple mutually-exclusive narratives, and all of them have peopl
by Handprint4469 4y ago
I see your point. But couldn't you use the same argument without AI? The internet already has multiple mutually-exclusive narratives, and all of them have people that take them as reality.
I would argue that kids that grow up in that context either pick a side and engage in the eternal narrative war, or become cynics and despair, thinking that there's no objective truth.
Adding more narratives, now generated by AI, doesn't (IMO) change the current playing field that much. My bet would be that kids will become even more cynical: "if a machine can make anything sound like truth, there probably isn't any objective truth"
- motohagiography 4y agoWhat's unique about LLM's is that they break the idea that consciousness is a function of language and its narratives, and a whole bunch of other anxieties go with it. My optimism is that it clicks that truth does not come from internet narratives, or any ideology or narrative for that matter, and that more people are driven to develop competence and real experiences instead of imagined ones. Optimism is rarely rational but it's always risk taking, and that's worthwhile, imo.
- Handprint4469 4y agoI agree with the first sentence, I think we only differ in the second one, where you assign more probability to that "click" happening than I do. But anyway, I can 100% agree with optimism being worth it. Thanks for the discussion!