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>> I hate AI – or well – maybe my feelings are >> closer to fear than anger. Just like I was afraid of >> spankings before as long as I was exposed to them. I >> have an irrational fear that AI will eventually take >> over humanity. And that it will happen in my >lifetime. > >Hi Kim, this is really interesting and I think it's >something slightly unique about your psychology. >Altho, scare stories about AI have been around ever >since the Terminator movies and maybe before, so I >guess it's not a new thing either. > >Maybe "fear of the unknown" is part of it? I think >both you and I were fascinated by spankings before we >ever got them. And then also scared of them. And then >found them beneficial once we got them? > >(Although you now think they're not beneficial >instead? Or maybe just not beneficial for some other >kids, but were better than mute school for you?) > >> For some reason, I have a hard time believing Dad and >> other professionals in the field that this cannot >> happen, because AI is unable to come up with anything >> new and of its own. . . . I hope I am wrong! > >This is a hotly debated topic and I don't really have >a clear view of it yet. One view is that "only humans >are creative and AI can't ever be creative, so AI art >is worthless and involves no talent". Another view is >that AI is capable of combining and enhancing human >creativity in ways that is indistinguishable from >"creativity" to humans.... > >One thing that just occurred to me. In fields like >generated pics ("artwork"), or generated music, where >I have no talent, I have no problem with people using >AI to generate those things. > >But in fields like written language, or even spoken >language, where I think I have a little talent, I >really hate people using AI to spam the internet with >artificially generated text. > >An exception would be cases where we are learning >something or seeing something new (or that we hadn't >thought of) generated by the AI, *and* where we know >that the AI is responsible for the content. For >example Graeme's questions to AI about why some >spanking parents would do certain things certain ways. >These questions and responses are good and really >interesting. > >> I have heard from my psychologist Mum that this is >how >> human nature works: even though I was guilty of both >> mute school and spanking, I had an innate urge to >find >> someone to blame outside of myself so that the guilt >> wouldn't damage my own mental health. >> >> Based on the above, I'm now one of those who opposes >> spanking: it only arouses anger, which is channeled >> into its own routes and causes anger and bitterness >> where ever it happens. > >Do you feel the same way about mute school, though? > >And also, your Mum as a psychologist knew these things >about spanking from her training and expertise. But if >so, why did she not know the same things about mute >school, or why did she think it was a good idea? > >Another complicated question. I might be >misremembering this, but I think you once said that it >was your social worker (or something like that?) who >recommended to your Mum that spankings might be a >better way?
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