Despite having a job where I frequently interact with and “design” ai, I completely agree with you. It’s application for data ingestion and manipulation (ie, “math”) is valuable, but there’s already significant research showing how frequent “creative” use (can we even call it that?!) actually kills the mental pathways we would otherwise use to create ourselves. Also, the amount of power (and therefore water) it uses, especially for tasks like image generation, is obscene.
The Christian ethics question this year for the Episcopal Church’s General Ordination Exam was on ai. We had to cite a theologian to develop a Christian ethical framework, and then apply that framework to deciding how to use ai, citing both positive and negative perspectives
Dana, knowing you as the intelligent person you are and your recent work experience with the technology you name, I believe that what you have named is enough to keep me grounded in my own thoughts and writing. I can also fill the void with grammatical mistakes!
Despite having a job where I frequently interact with and “design” ai, I completely agree with you. It’s application for data ingestion and manipulation (ie, “math”) is valuable, but there’s already significant research showing how frequent “creative” use (can we even call it that?!) actually kills the mental pathways we would otherwise use to create ourselves. Also, the amount of power (and therefore water) it uses, especially for tasks like image generation, is obscene.
Yes! I think AI is really good at numbers and sorting data. But not good at all at trying to create things.
The Christian ethics question this year for the Episcopal Church’s General Ordination Exam was on ai. We had to cite a theologian to develop a Christian ethical framework, and then apply that framework to deciding how to use ai, citing both positive and negative perspectives
Dana, knowing you as the intelligent person you are and your recent work experience with the technology you name, I believe that what you have named is enough to keep me grounded in my own thoughts and writing. I can also fill the void with grammatical mistakes!