The title “when information begins to think” caught my eyes.
For a very long time, I believe thinking is a faculty belongs only to homo sapient sapiens. After reading your article, I can’t help but feeling enlightened by a few of your thoughts. One of them is: “Reality and information do not stand in a chain of cause and effect at all. Maybe they occupy different dimensions.” Let me build on your use of telescope as example that extends sight and then informs reality to the observer. For a learned observer, looking through an astronomic telescope into the galaxy, will sure know that the reality presented at that very moment existed millions of years ago. That’s the time needed for the photons to travel from point A to point B. The telescope does not manufacture information nor distort reality. It is up to the observer to interpret what the data represent.
At the current state of affair, AI is the product of LLM algorithm. Conversely, in creating a response to a question, the first word leads to the use of the second word which in turn leads to the third, fourth,…, to form an article. The AI is not “thinking”. But its trainers are! Depending on how the algorithm runs and the scope of data the AI is exposed to. The responses to the same question are different on different AIs.
At this point in time, most of the AIs on which we can get our hands are trained using similar pool of data, ie world wide web, etc. Their algorithms are written by the same pool of talents. It does not surprise me if there are other groups of information technology players who manipulate their AIs to disperse different forms of reality to lay inquisitors.
Indoctrination exists as far back as written history can go. AI can do it most effectively, provided the general population cannot (or would not) get access to any alternative source of information (ie other AIs). To end my cacophony, I’ll suffix your title with “when human begins to seek being indoctrinated”.
The title “when information begins to think” caught my eyes.
For a very long time, I believe thinking is a faculty belongs only to homo sapient sapiens. After reading your article, I can’t help but feeling enlightened by a few of your thoughts. One of them is: “Reality and information do not stand in a chain of cause and effect at all. Maybe they occupy different dimensions.” Let me build on your use of telescope as example that extends sight and then informs reality to the observer. For a learned observer, looking through an astronomic telescope into the galaxy, will sure know that the reality presented at that very moment existed millions of years ago. That’s the time needed for the photons to travel from point A to point B. The telescope does not manufacture information nor distort reality. It is up to the observer to interpret what the data represent.
At the current state of affair, AI is the product of LLM algorithm. Conversely, in creating a response to a question, the first word leads to the use of the second word which in turn leads to the third, fourth,…, to form an article. The AI is not “thinking”. But its trainers are! Depending on how the algorithm runs and the scope of data the AI is exposed to. The responses to the same question are different on different AIs.
At this point in time, most of the AIs on which we can get our hands are trained using similar pool of data, ie world wide web, etc. Their algorithms are written by the same pool of talents. It does not surprise me if there are other groups of information technology players who manipulate their AIs to disperse different forms of reality to lay inquisitors.
Indoctrination exists as far back as written history can go. AI can do it most effectively, provided the general population cannot (or would not) get access to any alternative source of information (ie other AIs). To end my cacophony, I’ll suffix your title with “when human begins to seek being indoctrinated”.