Dec 20, 2022ยทedited Dec 22, 2022Liked by Unbekoming
I have deep concerns about AI and its sibling Transhumanism. The root of my concern is we become enamored with tech and stop, connecting and learning what being human and being a part of Gaia is.
Alpha Go is an AI neural net program that beat the Korean reigning Go Champion Lee Sedol in March 2016. But Lee could have beat it easily by unplugging it. He could have cheated etc. He could have used all the ways that humanity is cheated by Corporate and Global banking interests to name a mere two. But Lee Sedol is very ethical and played honestly. He won 1 game out of 5.
Consider the Polynesian Navigators. "Hawaiki Rising is the saga of an astonishing revival of indigenous culture by voyagers who took hold of the old story and sailed deep into their ancestral past. (Sam Low author of Hawikee Rising)". The Polynesians navigated the entire Pacific Ocean without sextant, tables, math models, etc. They did it by being connected deeply to the Ocean, Islands, Sky, Sun Moon Stars. If there hadn't been a few of the nearly extinct masters of navigation, the modern man and scientist would never have believed an ability like that was possible.
We as humans don't even know who or what we are. Yet we chase the externalization of one aspect of humanity and make of it a god. We used to model for our children and require of them behavior that was respectful of the other kids and/or brothers and sisters in the family. Yet at the international level nations cannot behave as they require their citizens to. And we rush to teach AI how to think and act.
Each interaction an individual has with AI is teaching AI far more about you than you are learning about AI.
AI said this about oxygen and Gaia: "For example, plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen, which is necessary for other organisms to survive. "
Actually this particular function is late in the evolution of Gaia/Earth. Cyanobacteria are the ones who break the water molecule to use hydrogen and release oxygen. They do this at room temperature. To date humans (after decades of study) cannot crack the H2O molecule with a net energy gain. If you wish you can buy the book below to find out more:
Microcosmos Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
I have been trying the "chat". I decided to stick with my area of expertise (organic chemistry and synthetic organic chemistry). Very technical questions. The AI failed spectacularly, and some answers were absolute non-sense, but masterly stitched together in a coherent sense. When the mistakes were pointed out, the system would politely apologize, retract the wrong question and issue a correction. On one iteration, when asked the technical question again after correction, the system replied with the same wrong answer. However, when these questions were repeated in close temporal proximity within the same session, the AI would "learn" and not repeat the error.
Mind-boggling. It will be interesting to see how censored it will be โ asking it to discuss the dangers of vaccines, for example. This will be a fun project over the Christmas break, thanks for the discovery!
You should ask the AI thing why a deadly poison was promoted as a health-giving elixir and why it continues to be pushed on innocent people, causing the death and cruel disability of so many of them.
This exploration captures a few of my thought bubbles of the past few weeks. In particular, Iโve been working with my mind to maintain more equanimity when faced with dissenting views. Aside from practising this with an aggressive member of my pro-vax family, the wider area Iโve๏ฟผ begun to wonder about is.... AI.
Your caveat regarding good and evil uses is a necessity but, like everything else in this dualistic world, thatโs the way we roll here. Our enormous human creativity is challenged and honed through the tectonic pressures of dualism to transmute coal into diamonds or a delicious meal into shite.
So.
Thank you for the new tool to ponder and play with.
As for Gaia, there is no doubt in my experience that we are part of a self-actualising and aware web of interdependencies. Thanks for the reminder and the new study challenge.
Gaia Theory is the reason we really shouldn't worry about Climate Change, except as a political tool for more control of human activity and more profit for the elites. The earth will continue to self-regulate, only (unfortunately) being taxed by geoengineering, cloud seeding, and extreme pollution, e.g. microplastics in the environment.
I have deep concerns about AI and its sibling Transhumanism. The root of my concern is we become enamored with tech and stop, connecting and learning what being human and being a part of Gaia is.
Alpha Go is an AI neural net program that beat the Korean reigning Go Champion Lee Sedol in March 2016. But Lee could have beat it easily by unplugging it. He could have cheated etc. He could have used all the ways that humanity is cheated by Corporate and Global banking interests to name a mere two. But Lee Sedol is very ethical and played honestly. He won 1 game out of 5.
Consider the Polynesian Navigators. "Hawaiki Rising is the saga of an astonishing revival of indigenous culture by voyagers who took hold of the old story and sailed deep into their ancestral past. (Sam Low author of Hawikee Rising)". The Polynesians navigated the entire Pacific Ocean without sextant, tables, math models, etc. They did it by being connected deeply to the Ocean, Islands, Sky, Sun Moon Stars. If there hadn't been a few of the nearly extinct masters of navigation, the modern man and scientist would never have believed an ability like that was possible.
We as humans don't even know who or what we are. Yet we chase the externalization of one aspect of humanity and make of it a god. We used to model for our children and require of them behavior that was respectful of the other kids and/or brothers and sisters in the family. Yet at the international level nations cannot behave as they require their citizens to. And we rush to teach AI how to think and act.
Each interaction an individual has with AI is teaching AI far more about you than you are learning about AI.
AI said this about oxygen and Gaia: "For example, plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen, which is necessary for other organisms to survive. "
Actually this particular function is late in the evolution of Gaia/Earth. Cyanobacteria are the ones who break the water molecule to use hydrogen and release oxygen. They do this at room temperature. To date humans (after decades of study) cannot crack the H2O molecule with a net energy gain. If you wish you can buy the book below to find out more:
Microcosmos Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
Chpt 6. The Oxygen Holocaust
I have been trying the "chat". I decided to stick with my area of expertise (organic chemistry and synthetic organic chemistry). Very technical questions. The AI failed spectacularly, and some answers were absolute non-sense, but masterly stitched together in a coherent sense. When the mistakes were pointed out, the system would politely apologize, retract the wrong question and issue a correction. On one iteration, when asked the technical question again after correction, the system replied with the same wrong answer. However, when these questions were repeated in close temporal proximity within the same session, the AI would "learn" and not repeat the error.
Pattern addition.
Statistical rules of language.
The patterns were added for YOU to interpret.
Your new oracle. An optimized index?
But what were the seeds? Black noise?
Information is only an abstraction.
Optimization of the physical world is limited by the physical world.
What will these machines think about?
Why will they think and who will they think for?
They can only organize.
Organize you.
Mind-boggling. It will be interesting to see how censored it will be โ asking it to discuss the dangers of vaccines, for example. This will be a fun project over the Christmas break, thanks for the discovery!
I signed up and asked the ai to write a poem about terrain theory. Hereโs what I got:
Terrain theory, a new way to see
The role of health in disease, you'll agree
It's not just about the bugs we catch
But also the strength of our immune patch
A healthy body, a strong terrain
Can fight off illness, despite the pain
But a weak body, prone to stress
Is more susceptible to sickness, I confess
So let's not just focus on the foe
But also the strength of our body, don't you know
Improving health, our best defense
Against the bugs and viruses, at great expense
Terrain theory, a new way to think
About the role of health, let's not shrink
From the idea that we hold the key
To a strong immune system, as healthy as can be
You should ask the AI thing why a deadly poison was promoted as a health-giving elixir and why it continues to be pushed on innocent people, causing the death and cruel disability of so many of them.
This exploration captures a few of my thought bubbles of the past few weeks. In particular, Iโve been working with my mind to maintain more equanimity when faced with dissenting views. Aside from practising this with an aggressive member of my pro-vax family, the wider area Iโve๏ฟผ begun to wonder about is.... AI.
Your caveat regarding good and evil uses is a necessity but, like everything else in this dualistic world, thatโs the way we roll here. Our enormous human creativity is challenged and honed through the tectonic pressures of dualism to transmute coal into diamonds or a delicious meal into shite.
So.
Thank you for the new tool to ponder and play with.
As for Gaia, there is no doubt in my experience that we are part of a self-actualising and aware web of interdependencies. Thanks for the reminder and the new study challenge.
God is alive, magic is afoot. โจ
I am astonished. I think I have to try this over the break.
Gaia Theory is the reason we really shouldn't worry about Climate Change, except as a political tool for more control of human activity and more profit for the elites. The earth will continue to self-regulate, only (unfortunately) being taxed by geoengineering, cloud seeding, and extreme pollution, e.g. microplastics in the environment.