- In the age of artificial intelligence, humanity is influenced by the cult of competition
- Information expression in physical science is stable
- Technology competes with stifling intelligence
In the age of artificial intelligence, humanity is influenced by the cult of competition
What happens when words are stripped of their relative humanity given to machines, and used as currency for information that does not emit light?
Clearly, we are immersed in a life in which confusion increases, and order decreases because
the arrow of historical time correlates with the arrow of "progress" in a context of global chaos. Moreover, I would suggest that however much we think about it, in the end, the development of any information and the various ideas fertilized by time and maturing in a cultural nest are still trapped in the prestige factor[1].
Yes, the invention of the transistor - a technology that won its inventors the Nobel Prize - changed almost every aspect of modern life: the air was systemically surrounded by a social bustle dripping at the edges, encouraging the reclamation of humanity, which was trapped in the tyranny of technology.
Of course, in the old days, hardly anyone bothered with press releases - everything was visible up close, everything seemed to be much closer. However, it is worth noting that the mannerisms of enforced pragmatism did not eviscerate the social ecosystem at that time as it is today. Certainly, respected thinkers were already talking about the uses of useless knowledge centuries ago, but even the commercial bastions of technology were talking about the blandness of purpose and information: having constructed a special entry point into an unknown territory riddled with questions and controversial possibilities, the disseminators of the news were quick to christen as "cultural utility" anything that resembled the attributes of the contemporary deluded feeling systems.
Without a detailed explanation, we can understand that electricity is a substitute for the real human voice, which after a while finds its way into the mouthpiece of a telephone, which converts electrical waves into a form of sound. Incidentally, this change was at the heart of the advance of the telephone before the telegraph, a technology that once seemed truly extraordinary. And although the latter relied on a different type of information conversion - bar and dot (non-audible, but alphabetic) codes - we can see the same result: the letters representing specific sounds and forming word combinations represent the ultimate springboard of meaning for which the world is competing in a world of competition with burnt eyes.
Information expression in physical science is stable
In the past, we had primitive computers with eye-catching gears, far from meeting the criteria for analytical thinking. In any case, even such inventions have undoubtedly contributed to the development of information as an ideological basis. As for the present, the truth is that we are trading in speculative theories not only about the future of computing and statistics but also about cultural matters in an attempt to make sense of our behavior, our times, our social needs and our minds: logic is being crossed with conspiracy theories in order to create new genes, invincible speeds and a hybrid code that will eventually, sadly, usurp our very humanity[2].
Yes, different ways of transmitting information have been, and are beginning to shimmer and bustle in the landscape of the last century, surrounded by letters, messages, sounds, news, facts, instructions, numbers and signals that have opened up the beginnings of interrelated technologies. Of course, if this whole strain is now moving in an indiscernible electromagnetic wave, then it had access to a wire mesh fence or a postal service. And yet, not a word spoken goes to waste: activated or hidden, information is an essential element in transmitting intelligence systems that cut through the grain.
On the other hand, although we all seem to express ideas in the same way, every word was (and still is) covered in a patina of meanings, as different civilizations have adapted it to their own use, whereas scientific information, in my opinion, has particular stability. For example, the discipline of physics did not spread until Isaac Newton identified words such as force, motion and time and gave them specific meanings, making them suitable for use in mathematical formulae. (Until then, any movement was as vague a term as information).
In other words, movement - both of information and of physical bodies - is the constant change of motion of phenomena: an apple ripens, a stone falls, a person grows, a body decays, and thus vitality is visualized. The same is true of information, which requires a ritual of purification. And then, when it comes to the surface, condenses and splits into pieces, it is everywhere. It is important that it is real, because fax machines, unlike today's cyberspace, tended to be directed towards the universal avenues of metabolism of natural sources, which, to be honest, I miss now.
Technology competes with stifling intelligence
The question often arises: Are we really dependent on technology? The fear that new technologies are addictive is well-founded. Certainly, technology has improved our lives by enabling us to work much more efficiently with our smartphones and social media platforms. However, I wonder whether the constant reliance on them in many aspects of life is not harmful. On the other hand, could it be that the developers of popular digital devices are deliberately creating addictive things?
The truth is, we all have at least one acquaintance who says: "Oh, I'm a bit prone to OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). And yet it is encouraging that over the last few decades, a lot of effort has gone into stigmatizing conversations about mental health, which means that the language of medicine has finally made its way into the language of the home.
People are complex, and their relationship with new technologies is even more complex. Efforts to generalize about broad sections of the population can cause real harm because the assumption that many of us are dependent on technology affects the belief that we have the freedom to change our lives[3].
Yes, when we entered a new era of technology with the unlimited possibilities of the mind, we forgot to align our values, and this good intention faded away amidst the cult of artificial intelligence and the alarming cult of the algorithm, glittering with sophisticated triumph and moral decadence.
It does not seem difficult to be oriented toward the good, but what if, in almost every situation, we have to ask who is friend and who is foe in creating our current technological reality? (We should realize that magical machines do not have the answer to all the questions; they do not have a universal set of rules that are suitable for all situations).
On the other hand, if we want to lie on a comfortable hammock of pleasure, with our thinking switched off, surrounded by robot slaves, we must accept the rules of a future world where the demanding struggle against the limitations of intelligence will be unchallenged.
