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AI - are we losing our brain capacity for independent research?

Marianne72

I find myself regularly asking AI, instead of doing research myself. Is this another dangerous step - not stretching our brain capacity but relying on ever powerful AI. Before long, surely AI will be programmed to become sentient or designed for warfare by persons of mal intent. On the other hand, I think of the film, 'Silent Running.' We are destroying our planet - I like the idea of a robot Dewey caring for plants when humans are no longer around.

  • in reply to Desmond1979

    Advertising is now making us work for companies through our devices everytime we look. It started with physical branding, people see an apple logo they want one - next thing you know you are selling phones for the company through subliminal marketing.

  • Its true I read something about this the other day relating to autism research, people only ask questions they know will lead to things they want to hear or can live with. Over time it skews overall belief systems and research becomes retrograde. Its also the whole reason for peer review otherwise its just vanity publishing. I would have thought the only way human beings are going to improve is through learning about and accepting living with uncomfortable truths. The biggest truth I would say I have woken up to is largely one of erasure. I like to use entertainment as an example, we pay far too much for entertainment which is extremeley low quality so there is this huge discrepency. Also that low standards simply become normalised in everything, messaging, food, education, healthcare, how we communicate with each other - not all of these are bad or even all the time. But whats happening is industry and technology (especially in connection with advertising) are skimming more and more quality out of out lives - so we are paying more and more (with our health, souls, lives) for less and less. 

  • The function of Technology is to serve Mankind, not the other way round.

    Unfortunately, too many bigwigs view us as 'lesser thans'. So they make us more trustworthy of Machines than People, taking advantage of the sense of isolation Kids and Young Adults have.

    Back in the era of Synthpop, Technology wasn't so frightening. In fact, Pete Shelley - from The Buzzcocks - had a Synthpop single 'Homosapien' in 1981. We may have used technology, but kept the sense of humanity. Now, there is actually a track called 'Transhuman'. The lunatics took over the Asylum.