Technology has changed so much
around us in the past few years, isn’t it? From getting miraculously connected
to each other through phones, we have grown multifold since the time mobiles
were first introduced. Internet, international connectivity, google search, and
social media, we seem to have travelled ahead at the speed of light. While many
of us were still adapting to all of this, a big word- artificial intelligence
started circulating.
Intelligence
and artificial, look like two opposite words that have been joined together,
is what came to my mind when I first heard about it. Before I could know, this
technology, now popular as AI had already infiltrated many apps and websites. Someone asked me if I use ChatGPT, and I got partially shocked to
discover what it was. In between all this lately, there was another popular
news that mentioned how an MIT graduate had invented a device that could read
your mind. He mentioned how it could google questions within your mind and
order a pizza without you saying a word or moving a finger. Well, ok, I checked
if this was specific research for the disabled. But then there was no such
mention, and since this was doing rounds as yet another advancement, I didn’t
know how to react to that.
Evolution is a wonderful
process that has brought us to the life that we are leading today. It is
gradually over millions of years that we the evolved humans eventually began to
understand ourselves and our minds better. With the great efforts of
scientists, researchers, and philosophers we got our first understanding of the
human body and mind and began to explore and grow in ways that were previously
unknown. Our growth in various dimensions of life has been exhaustive and
commendable. Literature, music, medicine, education, and even technology; we
have travelled miles, but how? By our untiring efforts, by utilizing the full
potential of our minds, and by understanding and working on our individual
talents. But then came the process of simplifying it all, after all, who likes
effort? Reducing tiring physical labor through machines helped us to a great
extent, but probably we didn’t want our minds to work too and began a chain of
inventions to reduce our mental efforts as well.
It is partially appalling to
see that in today’s date, anyone can generate elaborate articles or content
even on subjects that they may not be fully aware of, using ChatGPT a readily
available and used AI tool. We talk big things when it comes to authenticity,
we want authentic materials to wear, and authentic wood to make sure our
furniture stays. But here in the matter of minds, most of us have been
justifying this, saying this has made it simple, and saves our time. We are so ready
to compromise with the authenticity in this aspect. Cheap advertisements of AI
writing tools claim that they can help you make up with your lover after a
fight by writing the best of messages. Where is the emotional connect or
understanding? It’s unfortunate that our future generations are using such
generated and not researched content to gather information, or even make or
break relationships. The trend of the library was long replaced by Google search;
this quick-fix search technology had made us shallow long back by getting us used
to targeted information and momentary knowledge. With AI that’s now trending, I
am not sure where we are set to head.
It's not just the writing
tools, today we want AI to do it all for us. Be it website-making, voice
recording, data analysis, or even decision-making. In fact, recently I even
read about TutorGPT, and MathGPT applications seeping into the education
industry, to replace teachers and make learning more personalized. Aah!
I wish I could tell someone that learning has a lot more to do with human
interaction, than gaining unlimited generated information in the name of words
like customized, personalized, and so forth. It's sad how we are replacing the
need for one human at a time with technology like this. One may argue saying
that this would just generate newer job opportunities, but I hope we realize it’s
not about the replacement of jobs; it’s beautiful to be alive only as long as
we keep our efforts up. Clicking buttons and letting the artificial
intelligence work for us, may finish our intelligence or individual potentials altogether.
Over the years humans have
lost many traits/structures/organs that were less used. This too is a way of evolution
and makes an organ that isn’t in use, vestigial. If our brain gets vestigial,
then what is appearing as growth today, will end up in our devolution tomorrow.
Einstein had probably overseen all of this decades back and had rightly said,
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”
Modern disclaimer-
This article has not been generated using ChatGPT, its written by a human mind.
Vandita5jan@gmail.com/vandita_m
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