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I wonder, if I had a child, would it be possible to raise it to not outsource the thinking process to a program? With the internet, I ask search engines (usuall
by lakomen 3y ago
I wonder, if I had a child, would it be possible to raise it to not outsource the thinking process to a program?
With the internet, I ask search engines (usually just the one) for answers other people might give to a problem I also have.
Pre ~y2k that yielded great results, because the internet was populated with sensible information but smart and educated people.
When the masses came, the results became gradually worse, but I still use the internet for answers instead of thinking on my own, but in many cases I'm forced to think on my own anyway.
With AI the source information is already polluted and the program is fantasizing its answers.
But there will be a point where it delivers accurate answers.
My child, should I ever have one, would then use AI like any other tool. Will it have more resources at its disposal or would it be better that it comes up with its own answers?
I am a single child. I spent a lot of time alone, thinking, making sense of the world, figuring things out on my own.
I played C64 games, with terrible graphics, which trained my imagination. I learned English by playing those computer games.
There came a time where I outgrew those simplistic computer games, turned to having a social life, going to parties, getting into music creation, DJing.
Would that also be something my child would do? Use AI, grow up with values the AI suggests to it, abandon it later, search for its own way in life?
Would it even learn another language, when the AI conveniently translates everything on the fly?
I think, before adding yet another thing on our plate most people, including me, don't fully understand, maybe we should focus on the energy problem and having a sustainable place to live.
Amy technological advance is based on having enough energy to fuel it, and in the state this planet, our habitat is right now because of years of uncontrolled energy use, energy must be a priority before anything else.
Unless you believe that AI can solve that riddle.
Recently in the news Microsoft wanted to build small nuclear reactors to power its AI construct, adding a long term health and waste problem.
It's October, it's been over 25°C the recent days, the sea is still 21-23°C. Usually it's much colder.
The amount of fires and floods this year is over the top.
Well sorry if that went all over the place.
- ge96 3y agoI am a GPT luddite myself. My coworkers/friends keep using it as a base of thought. I ask them "how would you do it yourself", don't ask this program to make your program. I'm not arguing it's a fast way to learn but still... it's like will they be able to imagine on their own how to make something new.
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- SoftTalker 3y agoThe only way I have ever really learned how to do something is to scratch and claw my way through it, making a million mistakes, and eventually having it crystalize into clarity. That has never really happened by just having something done for me.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoKeep in mind that every generation thinks that about the following; in your case, you were using computers and whatnot, while your parents may have thought you'd never achieve much because you don't read as many books or do the same thing they did. Every generation has its "kids these days", but up until now they've all ended up all right. (I say until now, because the current young generation is struggling economically because of the preceding generations messing up the system)