you write a lot about how this attachment to tech is bad... but do you see any realistic way to avoid it and why not embrace it, robo pets, AI friends seem to become the norm, not just a novelty. I agree its questionable for society I just don't see how it could be prevented in a free society - other than autocratic / controlled like in China.
Thank you for your comment, Ben. I'm in favor of cognitive freedom and other freedoms, and I support adults doing whatever they want. If adults want a robot pet, I say go for it. What I'm against is delusion -- when people falsely believe that AI or robots have thoughts, feelings, intentions, etc. We can't do anything about society, but I hope my work gives people the information they need to understand what's happening, how the extractive business models work and how companies intent do exploit the human capacity for attachment to sell their products.
that's a noble cause! It's something kids should learn at schools nowadays, it seems many are already more attached to devices than to peers in their vicinity.
it seems though even though knowing it is a machine/AI, people still seem to prefer it more & more.
it feels like it is getting normalized also that we interact more & more with machines than with humans. I know kids that prefer to talk to ChatGPT instead of asking a human, clearly ChatGPT has a lot better answers so why even bother interacting with a human anymore...
there was just this argument on X about how millions of people/guys follow this IG account that after closely looking is clearly AI-generated (although looks very real!) It could be that many believe its real, but also majority probably knows its AI but still love it somehow... not sure what consequences these trends will have
you write a lot about how this attachment to tech is bad... but do you see any realistic way to avoid it and why not embrace it, robo pets, AI friends seem to become the norm, not just a novelty. I agree its questionable for society I just don't see how it could be prevented in a free society - other than autocratic / controlled like in China.
Thank you for your comment, Ben. I'm in favor of cognitive freedom and other freedoms, and I support adults doing whatever they want. If adults want a robot pet, I say go for it. What I'm against is delusion -- when people falsely believe that AI or robots have thoughts, feelings, intentions, etc. We can't do anything about society, but I hope my work gives people the information they need to understand what's happening, how the extractive business models work and how companies intent do exploit the human capacity for attachment to sell their products.
that's a noble cause! It's something kids should learn at schools nowadays, it seems many are already more attached to devices than to peers in their vicinity.
it seems though even though knowing it is a machine/AI, people still seem to prefer it more & more.
it feels like it is getting normalized also that we interact more & more with machines than with humans. I know kids that prefer to talk to ChatGPT instead of asking a human, clearly ChatGPT has a lot better answers so why even bother interacting with a human anymore...
there was just this argument on X about how millions of people/guys follow this IG account that after closely looking is clearly AI-generated (although looks very real!) It could be that many believe its real, but also majority probably knows its AI but still love it somehow... not sure what consequences these trends will have
https://x.com/venturetwins/status/2029289750226702813
https://x.com/BenHolfeld/status/2029312214415622393?s=20
Can’t wait to read this book Mike.