Hey Alberto, I’m wondering if you might pen a post on the future of writing instruction based on these insights. Sort of a follow up to your summer posts on education. Would love to see what you have in mind!
The glaring truth is that AI tools have emerged and more advanced GPT tools will be created. They might make our deep thinking capability dull and uncreative but they will never replace our heart-to-heart conversations. They can only make our work efficient but they won't have the emotions that we have about each other.
On June this year, I delved into what will go wrong with us as AI continues to be developed. It is worrying when we let AI replace our precious asset - the mind. Check in the link below
All of us with an established voice will benefit, but starting fresh will be harder.
AI let's people like us distribute our voice and persona further, such as AI-generated voiceovers for our posts in our specific likeness: https://podcast.interconnects.ai/
Your points are very thoughtful and well taken, and your readers are more thoughtful and engaged than most. That said, please remember the first part of that truism: “You can fool SOME of the people, ALL of the time……” Unfortunately that fraction is now growing every day, and they will indeed be proving themselves to be fools once again. They are a dangerous lot, especially when their stupidity or ignorance is properly harnessed by convincing AI flooding the zone with passable shit. After all, we went to war in Iraq over a false story, created about false WMDs, told by an authority figure (Collin Powell) with mere depictions (drawings actually) of labs which ended up being entirely fabricated. That fooled “most of the people, some of the time”. Yet the agenda to invade was moved forward against more reasoned positions. The result: millions of lives lost over decades and trillions of dollars wasted. Corporations making colossal shitloads of money, if not outright siphoning money through corrupt practices. Meanwhile dumb fucks thought it was all about “freedom”. I made a pretty good living off those wars as a DHL contract pilot flying the mail into Iraq and Afghanistan. An old high school classmate once thanked me for “my service”. Stupid fuck.
AI is currently restricted from calling anyone a “dumb fuck”, even when they are! Imagine an AI that can eventually get away with that. They’re going to automatically sound much more human, especially if they can make a good case for it.
People were even fooled by Eliza when it debuted in the 1960s. Those dim bulbs will always lack the nuance of appreciating human written content and they’ll be completely taken in by processed crap. Not your readers per say, but large swaths of humanity who lack the sophistication or the desire to know any better. Some people absolutely LOVE processed foods, in spite of the fact that it degrades their health and ultimately quality of life, and can even shorten their lives. AI processed crap will have its own set of bad outcomes. A great many humans value lies above truth and authenticity. This will eventually be a colossal fuck’n problem.
"The reason I’m calm is much simpler and certainly more human: I’m working very hard to make the relationship with you as humane as I can make it. Call me delusional, but I firmly believe that, as a human being, you value that above all else."
Ok, if you insist, you're delusional. :-)
Human beings don't value each other just because we're human. We value what we get from each other. Any system which can provide the value we seek in a manner which is cheaper, easier, more convenient, more customizable etc will present a threat to human to human relationships.
As we've discussed before, we're doing a version of that right now, right here, on this blog. Neither of us insist on meeting the other in person.
"I’m talking about the human idiosyncrasy that emerges out of living; out of the past experiences that aren’t exactly the same as those of our neighbors or our readers but sufficiently similar as to create a limbo of sensations and feelings of familiarity. No AI, however advanced, can enter that place."
AI doesn't have to "enter" that place. It will just mimic it.
lovely piece. I've been so enjoying your work for all the reasons you've outlined. TAB feels like a warm cabin in a snowstorm!
Hey Alberto, I’m wondering if you might pen a post on the future of writing instruction based on these insights. Sort of a follow up to your summer posts on education. Would love to see what you have in mind!
Great Piece Alberto. I’m really curious to know (perhaps you could write on this) how to develop the human connection while writing.
Is it something that can be learned?
Very good. I'm glad I became a paying subscriber! I was in doubt. No more.
You make the word just a Human a compliment for the rest of us. Keep it up
The glaring truth is that AI tools have emerged and more advanced GPT tools will be created. They might make our deep thinking capability dull and uncreative but they will never replace our heart-to-heart conversations. They can only make our work efficient but they won't have the emotions that we have about each other.
On June this year, I delved into what will go wrong with us as AI continues to be developed. It is worrying when we let AI replace our precious asset - the mind. Check in the link below
https://open.substack.com/pub/thestartupfromafrica/p/with-the-proliferation-of-artificial?r=m5mq1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Do you think the same logic applies to all other mediums and content types?
All of us with an established voice will benefit, but starting fresh will be harder.
AI let's people like us distribute our voice and persona further, such as AI-generated voiceovers for our posts in our specific likeness: https://podcast.interconnects.ai/
Your points are very thoughtful and well taken, and your readers are more thoughtful and engaged than most. That said, please remember the first part of that truism: “You can fool SOME of the people, ALL of the time……” Unfortunately that fraction is now growing every day, and they will indeed be proving themselves to be fools once again. They are a dangerous lot, especially when their stupidity or ignorance is properly harnessed by convincing AI flooding the zone with passable shit. After all, we went to war in Iraq over a false story, created about false WMDs, told by an authority figure (Collin Powell) with mere depictions (drawings actually) of labs which ended up being entirely fabricated. That fooled “most of the people, some of the time”. Yet the agenda to invade was moved forward against more reasoned positions. The result: millions of lives lost over decades and trillions of dollars wasted. Corporations making colossal shitloads of money, if not outright siphoning money through corrupt practices. Meanwhile dumb fucks thought it was all about “freedom”. I made a pretty good living off those wars as a DHL contract pilot flying the mail into Iraq and Afghanistan. An old high school classmate once thanked me for “my service”. Stupid fuck.
AI is currently restricted from calling anyone a “dumb fuck”, even when they are! Imagine an AI that can eventually get away with that. They’re going to automatically sound much more human, especially if they can make a good case for it.
People were even fooled by Eliza when it debuted in the 1960s. Those dim bulbs will always lack the nuance of appreciating human written content and they’ll be completely taken in by processed crap. Not your readers per say, but large swaths of humanity who lack the sophistication or the desire to know any better. Some people absolutely LOVE processed foods, in spite of the fact that it degrades their health and ultimately quality of life, and can even shorten their lives. AI processed crap will have its own set of bad outcomes. A great many humans value lies above truth and authenticity. This will eventually be a colossal fuck’n problem.
Alberto writes, "AI might eventually do most things better than us, but I’m convinced they will never replicate our human essence."
Not replicate. Imitate. And imitate in an ever more credible manner over time.
Alberto writes...
"The reason I’m calm is much simpler and certainly more human: I’m working very hard to make the relationship with you as humane as I can make it. Call me delusional, but I firmly believe that, as a human being, you value that above all else."
Ok, if you insist, you're delusional. :-)
Human beings don't value each other just because we're human. We value what we get from each other. Any system which can provide the value we seek in a manner which is cheaper, easier, more convenient, more customizable etc will present a threat to human to human relationships.
As we've discussed before, we're doing a version of that right now, right here, on this blog. Neither of us insist on meeting the other in person.
Alberto writes....
"I’m talking about the human idiosyncrasy that emerges out of living; out of the past experiences that aren’t exactly the same as those of our neighbors or our readers but sufficiently similar as to create a limbo of sensations and feelings of familiarity. No AI, however advanced, can enter that place."
AI doesn't have to "enter" that place. It will just mimic it.