Wonderful comparison! I really appreciate the explanation of how the PoE gods came about - through the amalgam of the masses and their thoughts, just like LLMs. Question though - what are the dangers of the gods? I see how they're acting the like they're expected to act. Are you of the thought that we should expect ChatGPT to just behave the way it's expected - biased and incorrect, as the disclaim states when you use it? Are the gods in PoE ever questioned?
Great question-- the danger that the gods represent are multifaceted, but here, I'm particularly focused on their ability to control and moderate society. How can new ideas flourish with such a conservative dedication to tradition; especially when that dedication is enforced by beings with such grand power?
AI doesn't have that "hard" power. But it does have an incredible amount of "soft" power. As we use it more and more, as we *listen* to it more and more, how might it inform our beliefs moving forward? Are we somehow locking ourselves into an echo chamber made up of our past ideas and beliefs, limiting growth to something more?
It's a question posed every time we make technological strides-- not quite an original thought. This anxiety is echoed in folk stories like John Henry and his contest against the steam drill. Except here, we're not fighting to be more productive than the machine; we're fighting to keep our soul.
Wonderful comparison! I really appreciate the explanation of how the PoE gods came about - through the amalgam of the masses and their thoughts, just like LLMs. Question though - what are the dangers of the gods? I see how they're acting the like they're expected to act. Are you of the thought that we should expect ChatGPT to just behave the way it's expected - biased and incorrect, as the disclaim states when you use it? Are the gods in PoE ever questioned?
Great question-- the danger that the gods represent are multifaceted, but here, I'm particularly focused on their ability to control and moderate society. How can new ideas flourish with such a conservative dedication to tradition; especially when that dedication is enforced by beings with such grand power?
AI doesn't have that "hard" power. But it does have an incredible amount of "soft" power. As we use it more and more, as we *listen* to it more and more, how might it inform our beliefs moving forward? Are we somehow locking ourselves into an echo chamber made up of our past ideas and beliefs, limiting growth to something more?
It's a question posed every time we make technological strides-- not quite an original thought. This anxiety is echoed in folk stories like John Henry and his contest against the steam drill. Except here, we're not fighting to be more productive than the machine; we're fighting to keep our soul.