I’m troubled by how many individuals are upset by AI.
I imply, they’re actually upset.
Having simply written a factor on framing, I believe AI is one other instance the place individuals are doing a lot of the harm themselves.
In different phrases, I don’t assume they’re so upset about AI itself, however by how they’re desirous about AI.
Particularly, I believe individuals are upset as a result of they assume we’re making a alternative to make use of it or not, and we’re selecting poorly. They’re going by means of life studying information tales and pondering…
Wow, I can’t imagine individuals are so silly! Right here they’ve the choice to simply maintain issues as they’re, which was working completely fantastic within the 80s, 90s, and 2000’s, and right here somebody exhibits them this silly ChatGPT factor and now AI’s going to take all our jobs!
In different phrases, they assume it’s dumb folks deciding to make use of AI, and due to their unhealthy judgment, we’re falling into some diabolical lure.
FRAME 1 (Adverse) — Humanity had the choice to stick with “regular” tech, however we’re all idiots and we’re making this entire AI factor occur by reaching for a silly shiny factor.
TL;DR: We might have caught with common tech, however we selected AI as an alternative.
I don’t assume that’s taking place in any respect.
We aren’t selecting something. AI is simply naturally and inevitably unfolding like another know-how, and we’re simply the individuals who occur to be right here whereas it occurs.
FRAME 2 (Constructive) — We aren’t selecting AI similar to we didn’t select the automotive or the phone. Know-how adjustments occur when it’s time for them to occur, and as soon as they begin they’re inevitable.
TL;DR: No person selected something. AI is simply one other inevitable know-how development.
Somebody dwelling in Body 1 vs. Body 2 would possibly as properly be on one other planet. The notion shapes on a regular basis life.
In Body 1, you’re below fixed assault from an evil know-how spawned by hucksters and bought to idiots.
Humanity is now in danger—with actual influence to folks’s lives—all as a result of too many dumb folks fell in love with ChatGPT.
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If you happen to imagine that, then each time you hear about AI—on a podcast, within the grocery store, at a celebration, or at work—you have got this cacophony of chattering voices in your head speaking about how silly all the pieces is. Grumble, grumble, sassin-frassin, /tableflip
It makes folks mad. Cynical. Grumpy. Adverse. Anti-tech. Offended. Did I say mad already? It makes them mad.
Body 2 (Constructive)
Individuals in Body 2 don’t stroll round with that chatter of their heads. They’re not always indignant at somebody—or folks usually—or whoever, as a result of they introduced this all upon us.
On this mannequin, life is simply taking place. Tech is a part of life, and AI is only a huge wave of tech washing over us. It is perhaps a much bigger wave than ever earlier than, however it’s only a wave. And it’s a pure wave as a result of people created tech. When people sharpened the primary stone and put a deal with on it, that was tech as properly, and AI is simply additional alongside that very same evolution.
This doesn’t imply you possibly can’t be negatively affected by AI if you’re in Body 2. You’ll be able to nonetheless lose your job to AI, have folks wrestle to search out work that you just care about, or have it mess together with your life.
The Second Arrow is an efficient manner of capturing how I see framing usually, and undoubtedly round AI. It’s mainly a second quantity of harm taken by desirous about a primary quantity of harm.
The Buddha asks a scholar if being struck by an arrow could be painful, to which the coed responds affirmatively. The Buddha then asks if being struck by a second arrow could be much more painful, and once more, the coed agrees.
The Buddha explains that in life, the primary arrow represents the preliminary struggling that comes from being human, corresponding to sickness, loss, or disappointment. One of these struggling is inevitable. Nonetheless, the second arrow represents the extra struggling that comes from our response to the primary arrow.
This contains feelings like anger, worry, resentment, or self-pity. In contrast to the primary arrow, the affected by the second arrow shouldn’t be inevitable; it is one thing we’ve the ability to affect by means of our response to struggling.
A abstract of the unique Buddhist educating
Constructive framing avoids the Second Arrow, whereas unfavourable framing walks proper into it.
So, in relation to AI, don’t stroll into the second arrow of pondering this was somebody’s fault.
Tides aren’t our fault, the winter being chilly, photo voltaic flares—all of it simply occurs. And tech is not any exception. If people occur, tech ultimately follows, and right here we’re.
The mixing of AI into our society will probably be arduous sufficient by itself.
Don’t make it tougher by dwelling in a false narrative that makes you indignant about it.
