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The Revolution Continues's avatar

I like the idea of AI as "Authentic Insight." We could do with less "artificiality" in this world and more human authenticity, empathy, compassion, and conscientiousness. I'm not convinced that a computer program such as AI can display any of those human qualities, so essentially it's just another tool that's without a soul. Just look at the use of AI programs and drones in Gaza to track down and murder whole families without remorse. The humans who programmed the AI and drones probably are sociopaths, but why do we need to augment their sociopathy with more "intelligence," artificial or otherwise? We need more humanity, not less humanity in the world.

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Paige Britton's avatar

I like the three dimensions you've articulated, and I'd offer a fourth: "Purpose," or simply (and unsentimentally) "love." Artificial intelligence doesn't care about the reader, or the topic, or anything at all. Human writers do. The reason why you write, and the care you take with the details, and the words you choose that make the information accessible to your audience, are all aspects of love. (Yeah, there are other human purposes we could name, too -- greed, self-aggrandizement, retribution -- but I'm going for the fourth positive dimension of academic integrity. AI can't do the other purposes, either, though.)

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