"But even critical thinking is not a panacea against fascism-some of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers, including the philosopher Martin Heidegger were fascists." Jason Stanley *Erasing History*

#Books #Philosophy #Fascism #CriticalThinking

Along the lines of what I've been saying about asking questions, being curious and promoting curiosity, avoiding talking points, and sticking to core values in discussion.

This applies to political dogma as well.

"The only thing that can get someone to think critically about their dogma is to think about their foundation for the dogmas, which is their sense of themselves, their worldview, and their social identities that are important to them."

(Probably paraphrased slightly.)

https://youtu.be/lzr_1jEkq7Y

#ReligiousTrauma #AbuseCulture #MindControl #Manipulation #religion #CriticalThinking #psychology

Have you watched our interview with Simon Wardley yet? 😀 We talked about the impact of #AI on software architecture.

Key takeaways 👇
🔸AI’s role in strategic decision-making and software architecture
🔸Why humans must remain in control of architectural decisions
🔸The dangers of blindly trusting AI-generated code
🔸The growing importance of critical thinking in tech adoption

Check out the full interview 👉 https://t1p.de/u3hhi

#iSAQB #SoftwareArchitecture #CriticalThinking #WardleyMapping

I used to be able to search for things using a search engine. It would point me to a source of information, I could decide for myself if the source was good or not. But not anymore. Recently I just wasted a lot of time trying to find something using a search engine only to get lost in an ocean of AI slop.

I finally gave in and asked my question to ChatGPT and it answered my question perfectly, it even showed me where it got it’s sources of information. The places it linked me to were either no longer existent (if ever) or only vaguely related. But it at least created the appearance of citing factual sources of information, in whatever way the statistical models have been trained to give that impression to the humans who use it.

In Orwell’s novel “1984,” we saw how a single government agency took all control over information, how the staff would keep a database of facts but constantly alter these facts to fit the view of reality that their despot “Big Brother” wanted the citizens to believe. The same thing happens now with LLMs presenting a very carefully tuned image of the facts in the database.

AI chat bots are an innovative new method of brainwashing, one which nobody could have ever imagined possible even a few years ago: get everyone to trust a mechanical Big Brother because it chats with you like a friendly fellow human would.

(Full article here.)

#AI #tech #internet #politics #ChatBot #LLM #ChatGPT #Orwellian #GeorgeOrwell #BigBrother #CriticalThinking #SearchEngine #Fediverse

If you only apply your critical thinking skills when you disagree with something you aren't actually a critical thinker.

#CriticalThinking