Rethinking AI

The more we trust artificial intelligence, the less we trust ourselves.

This is the most chilling consequence of the inevitable AI revolution,

and the major plot point of countless future dystopian novels.

We are eagerly turning our lives over to AI, asking questions we could answer ourselves.

I read a case study in which a social services agency used AI to identify senior citizens at risk for loneliness.

I worked in a nursing home for five years. I've volunteered with senior citizens for almost 20 years.

Believe me when I tell you it doesn't take an algorithm to identify lonely senior citizens. 

But we are conditioned to treat AI as if it's the all-seeing eye, revealing the deepest mysteries of the universe. 

Senior citizens get lonely?

And it's bad for their physical and mental health?

THIS IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION! THANK YOU AI!!!

Our society is at a point of collective critical insecurity. 

It is scary how willingly we give up our humanity for the promise of what we believe to be better answers than we could ever provide. 

We are allowed to have deep insights.

And make observations.

And trust our own judgement.

And we don't have to wait for AI to quantify and validate our ability to do so.

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