The Co-Evolution of Humans and Our Tools (2011)

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17 pointsreqo2 comments

Interesting that he didn't predict a collective "future-shock" like other pop science rather more a future-meh reaction to each successive AI advancement.

I wouldn't describe AI as merely a static tool though, it might start out that way but it aims to be the ultimate tool, itself a tool creator, wielder, improver. How well will humans be able to improve or evolve themselves in the long run by expecting AI to perform our every task.

Instead of expecting AI to perform every task, why not every task that's not really related to what we wish to do?

> "It is a profoundly erroneous truism ... that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilisation advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. Operations of thought ... must only be made at decisive moments." — ANW

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