I have been worrying about AI making us obsolete but I realized something that gave me hope
I have been going down the rabbit hole lately reading everything I can about Artificial Super Intelligence. Honestly it started to terrify me. We are building minds that will eventually be a billion times faster and more knowledgeable than us. It made me ask the question a lot of us are probably thinking. If the machine can do everything better than us like writing and coding and reasoning then what is the point of us? Do we even matter anymore?
I am a researcher at heart so I tried to look at this logically. And I hit a realization that actually gave me a lot of hope. I wanted to share it here in case anyone else is feeling that existential dread.
We are confusing intelligence with consciousness.
We have built a silicon brain that can process information at the speed of light. It is an optimization engine. It can simulate a symphony or model a cure for disease or generate a poem. But there is zero evidence that it experiences any of it.
Think of it this way. We have built the ultimate race car. It is faster than any human could ever run. It is stronger. It is perfect. But a car has no desire to drive itself. It feels no thrill of speed. It has no fear of crashing. It has no destin
this solves one problem while creating another and that’s where the disagreement starts That’s what makes this interesting. This probably isn’t the last word on it.
Not gonna lie, the direction makes sense but the details are messy which turns this into more of a debate At least from my perspective.
Reaction: French is so hard
Stepping back, this feels like a half-step, not a full move and that friction is hard to ignore
From a neutral view, this feels more about execution than intent and that’s why opinions are all over the place That’s the key detail here.
the direction makes sense but the details are messy That’s the impression it gives me.
Reaction: And I always fall for it!
Reaction: literally 1984
Reaction: It makes a huge difference.
Reaction: literally 1984
I get the idea, the direction makes sense but the details are messy
Reaction: very shocking
there’s a lot said here but not much clarified and that’s why opinions are all over the place That’s what changes the context. Not convinced this is settled yet. At least from my perspective.
Reaction: French is so hard