amilmOct 11
Iris van Rooij đź’­

“Uncritical adoption of AI, will inevitably create people without critical thinking, and this may be a feature - not a bug, as it represents an attack on human agency itself. The capacity to think, write, and communicate effectively is fundamental to being a conscious participant in democratic society. When these capabilities are delegated to machines, we create a population that consumes and regurgitates information without actually processing or understanding it.”

https://collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastructure-of-meaninglessness/

The infrastructure of meaninglessness

Listen, there are two realities that we should be aware of. AI exists to make your job obsolete because the alternative is that AI makes managers obsolete. Let me try to break down this theory, which is very simple in its premise: those who control the technology will never allow

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Show threadDave BrazeOct 10

@Iris

I only scanned the article, but is it possible that it considerably underestimates the proportion of people in recent pre-LLM generations who are incapable of critical thought, or simply couldn't be bothered with it?

Show threadIris van Rooij đź’­Oct 10
@davidbraze no
Show threadEric LawtonOct 12

@Iris

When we delegate to machines, we delegate to the owners of those machine; the people with the power to shape its processes.

If they in turn delegate to the machines, we have turned over control of human thought.

This applies both to software systems and to social systems like states and corporations.

Show threadBredrollOct 12
@Iris "people without critical thinking"? I think we only have to look at #brexit and the election of #trump twice to see that was already true in 2015
Show threadBredrollOct 12
@Iris and this is going to make it irreversible
Show threadDawn AhukannaDec 13

@Bredroll @Iris
Uncritical thinking: unable to mentally calculate/project future consequences based on current actions.

Example:
June 2016: British retirees living in Spain voted for Brexit, because it would “stop them foreigners coming to Spain …”
Dec 2021: 5 years later have to leave Spain as “them foreigners” and complaining that what they voted for is happening, “to them”.

Show threadSome GuyOct 13

@Iris The operative word is "uncritical." There are valid use cases for #AI and LLMs. Usage needs to be evaluated on a case by case basis.

The larger, more immediate problems are the owners and the quality of data.