No way! That title actually hit haha! Loved the surprise at the end of reversing the whole piece. I can tell you're a computer scientist :) Love that quote at the beginning too!
Thank you for all your support on this piece, Baxter. Your comment "WHOA" when you were in the edit made my day! And I appreciate your help with the title, too.
Karena- you're question has left me spinning! I am in a time and place where I must remain hopeful. Despite feeling naïve even typing that, I must. Hopeful that we will embrace the lessons of history and use it to improve the future. When I think about AI I think about the one thing it will never be able to recreate: empathy. A core component of humans, and something we will always need!
We are indeed embracing a different kind of technnology than we have embraced before. But apparently society had these same debates when the bicycle and the car were invented. I lean into the phrase history rhymes but never repeats - so hopefully we will take the better elements, learn to take time so we do not repeat the problems of the past,
I believe in hope. So I wrote this piece, directed to GenZ and parents of GenAlpha. It is longer than this poem, so sit down with your favourite drink and read it!
I loved the poem palindrome Karena. What a clever idea. It makes me want to experiment with writing a poem or paragraph that could be read in either direction, that would either say the same thing, or convey something entirely different going the other way.
Thanks, Rick. The invitation to write in a different style forced me out of my comfortable 2000-word essays. I understand that the traditional way to employ this writing technique is despondent on the way down, hope-filled on the way up. I guess I went with the future forward, and history backwards!
I so appreciate your interest in this topic--you are making us all think deeply about AI without resorting to quick answers. Your thoughtful approach is wonderful.
Thank you Cindy. As you do for me with words! I'm pulling something out of my LInkedIn post:
WATCH THIS: What struck me in this video in footnote 5 - the segment starting [3:30-4:43] - where Ilya Sutskever uses the analogy of human evolution and ML particularly important to listen to. At [4:17] he talks about the iterative process: 'We have a very simple rule that takes the data and puts it in the model. ... And as a result the complexity of the data gets transformed into the complexity of the model, so the resulting model is really complex."
That really brought home how important it is for all of us to feed these algorithms with GOOD data and positivity in the next 1000 days while we can influence this new technology to create something beneficial for all of us.
In the spirit of joint the conversation: My hope is that world leaders can let go of their border and territory mindsets and shift to see the abundance AI offers and collaborate to solve larger problems.
Thank you for your help in shaping it, Miche. I hear you on the borders. It is like the conversations on climate or Covid. We all breathe the same air, so what benefits one will ultimately benefit all. But each country also has its own personality and votes accordingly. It is so empowering to find shared mindsets in different ends of the globe.
How would you have us collaborate using AI to solve some bigger issues?
I'm glad it hit as I was planning. As for your essays, I was hoping to leave you a comment on your piece with Mona Lisa - that was pure magic as always, and a much more appealing explanation of how this all works in practice.
The unknown is equal parts exciting and frightening isn’t it? Even our physiological responses to both are similar. Yes, the discoveries of Columbus brought much riches and advances, but there was a shadow side too - the Caribs were decimated, indigenous peoples suffered greatly and so on. It’s rarely a net gain.
Personally I’m inclined towards proceeding with caution towards this current ‘brave new world’. It’s also interesting to me how this phrase came to us, uttered by the v naive Miranda in Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’.
Interesting times ahead for sure Karena! Great post. 👌
Exciting and frightening says it well, Margaret. I debated including all the conversation on indigenous populations in the poem. But that is precisely why I agree we should proceed with caution. We've embraced technology before. Many times. Hopefully we can learn from history.
No way! That title actually hit haha! Loved the surprise at the end of reversing the whole piece. I can tell you're a computer scientist :) Love that quote at the beginning too!
Thank you for all your support on this piece, Baxter. Your comment "WHOA" when you were in the edit made my day! And I appreciate your help with the title, too.
Glad I could help!
I always think whoever can write something like this is a magician. So beautiful and clever! Well done!
Wow. Thank you Emma. I hope I preserved an element of surprise. How do you embrace history when you think about the future?
Karena- you're question has left me spinning! I am in a time and place where I must remain hopeful. Despite feeling naïve even typing that, I must. Hopeful that we will embrace the lessons of history and use it to improve the future. When I think about AI I think about the one thing it will never be able to recreate: empathy. A core component of humans, and something we will always need!
We are indeed embracing a different kind of technnology than we have embraced before. But apparently society had these same debates when the bicycle and the car were invented. I lean into the phrase history rhymes but never repeats - so hopefully we will take the better elements, learn to take time so we do not repeat the problems of the past,
I believe in hope. So I wrote this piece, directed to GenZ and parents of GenAlpha. It is longer than this poem, so sit down with your favourite drink and read it!
https://tiltthefuture.substack.com/p/mind-the-generation-gap
I loved the poem palindrome Karena. What a clever idea. It makes me want to experiment with writing a poem or paragraph that could be read in either direction, that would either say the same thing, or convey something entirely different going the other way.
Thanks, Rick. The invitation to write in a different style forced me out of my comfortable 2000-word essays. I understand that the traditional way to employ this writing technique is despondent on the way down, hope-filled on the way up. I guess I went with the future forward, and history backwards!
Hahaha, this was such a creative piece! Man, it takes some skill to write something like that. Nicely done Karena.
I so appreciate your interest in this topic--you are making us all think deeply about AI without resorting to quick answers. Your thoughtful approach is wonderful.
Thank you Cindy. As you do for me with words! I'm pulling something out of my LInkedIn post:
WATCH THIS: What struck me in this video in footnote 5 - the segment starting [3:30-4:43] - where Ilya Sutskever uses the analogy of human evolution and ML particularly important to listen to. At [4:17] he talks about the iterative process: 'We have a very simple rule that takes the data and puts it in the model. ... And as a result the complexity of the data gets transformed into the complexity of the model, so the resulting model is really complex."
That really brought home how important it is for all of us to feed these algorithms with GOOD data and positivity in the next 1000 days while we can influence this new technology to create something beneficial for all of us.
Such a clever piece of work. Enjoyable read.
In the spirit of joint the conversation: My hope is that world leaders can let go of their border and territory mindsets and shift to see the abundance AI offers and collaborate to solve larger problems.
Thank you for your help in shaping it, Miche. I hear you on the borders. It is like the conversations on climate or Covid. We all breathe the same air, so what benefits one will ultimately benefit all. But each country also has its own personality and votes accordingly. It is so empowering to find shared mindsets in different ends of the globe.
How would you have us collaborate using AI to solve some bigger issues?
This is real artistry at work, Karena! Amazing work. I could never do this. Thanks also for the shoutout :)
I'm glad it hit as I was planning. As for your essays, I was hoping to leave you a comment on your piece with Mona Lisa - that was pure magic as always, and a much more appealing explanation of how this all works in practice.
The unknown is equal parts exciting and frightening isn’t it? Even our physiological responses to both are similar. Yes, the discoveries of Columbus brought much riches and advances, but there was a shadow side too - the Caribs were decimated, indigenous peoples suffered greatly and so on. It’s rarely a net gain.
Personally I’m inclined towards proceeding with caution towards this current ‘brave new world’. It’s also interesting to me how this phrase came to us, uttered by the v naive Miranda in Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’.
Interesting times ahead for sure Karena! Great post. 👌
Exciting and frightening says it well, Margaret. I debated including all the conversation on indigenous populations in the poem. But that is precisely why I agree we should proceed with caution. We've embraced technology before. Many times. Hopefully we can learn from history.
Maybe that’s our task Karena, to learn from the past and bring forward the v best of what we’re capable of. And that is a lot!