Friends
There is so much of popular curiosity, interest and anxiety about artificial intelligence and what role it will play in our lives.
I have been thinking about this and asking myself this question: what role would I want AI to play in my life? And more importantly, do I have a say in making that choice or will it just invade my life?
I ask this question especially because my understanding of AI is that it has a lot to do with the cognitive abilities. What I treasure and value immensely about myself is my cognitive abilities and to believe that someone else will prevail over my cognitive abilities and think on my behalf is a matter of concern.
So when I look at my relationship with AI, from a position and power perspective, I can see three possibilities:
The worst possibility is that AI rules my life, takes over and becomes my boss.
The best possible position is that AI is my assistant and just makes things more efficient for me.
A possible healthy position is that AI is my sparring partner – I think, AI thinks and then I figure out what I’d like to go with.
I’d like to stay with these possibilities.
I genuinely believe that I have the power to choose what role AI will play in my life, for most part.
I would not like to see a situation where we as humans let AI think for us. If the famous words of French Philosopher René Descartes, “I think, therefore I am” is true, then I will no longer be, if AI thinks for me.
Happy 2025.
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