This essay was depressing and did nothing to allay my concerns over AI. Nowhere did it touch on what makes us human. Marc A seems to view AI as optimization for optimization's sake while failing to ask the deeper questions about the what and the why. Where is the humanity, or the joy in that? Perhaps the question is not really for techno…
This essay was depressing and did nothing to allay my concerns over AI. Nowhere did it touch on what makes us human. Marc A seems to view AI as optimization for optimization's sake while failing to ask the deeper questions about the what and the why. Where is the humanity, or the joy in that? Perhaps the question is not really for technologists (or venture capitalists) to try and answer in any case. Perhaps it's a question for philosophers. At the least I'd be better comforted if I was sure it would ultimately be answered by a fully realized human without the crutch of, or submission to, a machine.
This essay was depressing and did nothing to allay my concerns over AI. Nowhere did it touch on what makes us human. Marc A seems to view AI as optimization for optimization's sake while failing to ask the deeper questions about the what and the why. Where is the humanity, or the joy in that? Perhaps the question is not really for technologists (or venture capitalists) to try and answer in any case. Perhaps it's a question for philosophers. At the least I'd be better comforted if I was sure it would ultimately be answered by a fully realized human without the crutch of, or submission to, a machine.