Monday, 3 February 2025

the future is ai

Where are we going with artificial intelligence?

We can look at stories: 

Artificial intelligence is a recurrent theme in science fiction, whether utopian, emphasising the potential benefits, or dystopian, emphasising the dangers.

Artificial intelligence in fiction - Wikipedia

If you want to understand where technology is heading, science fiction is a good place to start.

Cell phones, tablets, drones, earbuds and more all once just existed in the imagination of fiction writers. Even words like ‘cyberspace’ and ‘credit card’ were first penned by them.

The most prevalent trope is AI turning against humanity, as depicted in Terminator, the Matrix, I, Robot, and many more. This trope usually treats AI and humanity as two distinct, separate forces.

What Science Fiction Gets Wrong About AI

However, there are books and films that are more nuanced:


BLADE RUNNER 2049 - Official Trailer - YouTube

Based on the work of PKD:

Philip K. Dick (Author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)

“Dick was a great philosophical writer who found science fiction the ideal form for the expression of his ideas.”

The Philip K Dick book I love most… | Philip K Dick | The Guardian

What about the very near future?

We can look at how ai is being used today:

Jay Doubleyou: controlling ai - part one: the dangers of chatgpt

Jay Doubleyou: controlling ai - part two: the dangers of deep fake imagery

Jay Doubleyou: controlling ai - part three: china controlling ai

Jay Doubleyou: controlling ai - part four: "integrating it into teaching, learning, and assessment will require careful consideration"

Jay Doubleyou: high-tech surveillance in the classroom: 'to capture every word, action, and interaction, for potential analysis'

And:

Rethink - Rethink: is big tech stealing your life? - BBC Sounds

DeepSeek's new AI chatbot and ChatGPT answer sensitive questions about China differently | AP News

What about some really weird thinking?

We can look at 'very near utopias':

Jay Doubleyou: pointless work, artificial intelligence and the universal basic income

Jay Doubleyou: the future of work: “capitalism will abolish laundry day” >>> or: “fully automated luxury communism”

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