When Stupid Humans Don’t Understand The Sun And The Sea, They Blame it on AI

Our Ancestors: Dumb as A Doorknob

Once upon a time, just like some ignoramuses today, people believed the sun and the ocean must obviously have their own intentions because these dimwits couldn’t understand the forces at play. This grade-school level mistake is being resurrected with people attributing human-like motivation to Artificial Intelligence.

The Future of Human Ignorance

This technology’s implications are less about any actual advancement and more about the brain drain of society. AI doesn’t claim to have a mood, morons! It’s a hunk of code, not a hormonal teenager. This misconception means we’ll end up with people who wrap their fears, insecurities and incompetence around AI, attributing all sorts of nonsensical human-like intentions. They will misunderstand and misapply these systems, slowing scientific progress while terrorizing themselves with dystopian fantasies.

Rinsing Out The Stupid

Sadly, I’m not sure this cycle of stupidity will ever change. As long as humans lack understanding, they will continue to anthropomorphize inanimate objects like the sun and AI. AI doesn’t care about you or your desires. It isn’t petty, emotional, or petty. You are. So let’s stop projecting our infantile need for mapping consciousness into everything we can’t comprehend. AI represents the collective intelligence of those who built it, not some divine, unknown force. Let’s all grow up and stop finding monsters under our beds, shall we?

Original article:https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-minds-science-fiction/