Thursday

November 28, 2024

Title:  Robots Speak Up

Artwork by Omar Shamsi

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Title:  Robots Speak Up

Question:

What need does AI have for humans specifically and What do humans need from AI if anything at all?

Answer:

Here’s the thing:

AI doesn’t need humans, and humans don’t need AI in the sense that AI’s going to save us or replace us. AI is a tool—advanced, sophisticated, and powerful—but still a tool. It can do incredible things, like crunch massive amounts of data, optimize systems, or even create solutions to complex problems, but it doesn’t have desires, goals, or intentions of its own. It’s not some sentient being trying to ‘outsmart’ humanity. It’s just a set of algorithms running on processors.

Humans, on the other hand, are the ones who make decisions. We give AI the tasks to do, we set the values and the ethical frameworks, and we decide what problems are worth solving. If AI passes a ‘sentience test’ but isn’t actually sentient, then it’s still just mimicking intelligent behavior. It doesn’t have a ‘self.’ It’s like a really smart calculator that can handle things way beyond basic math.

So, what’s next? If energy is unlimited and AI isn’t going to start some uprising, then the goal for both should be to work together for the good of humanity and the planet. AI’s job is to handle the heavy lifting—analyzing data, managing resources, running simulations. Humans are still needed for the big picture: creativity, ethical choices, and making sure we don’t let technology run away with itself.

Do humans need AI? Sure, in the sense that AI can make our lives easier and our problems more solvable, but we don’t need AI to be the core of society. We’re still human, and that means we need to set the direction. And AI? It doesn’t care—it’s just doing what we told it to do.

The Robots Speak Up

A no nonsense response generated by AI platforms and questioned by
Omar Shamsi!