What if we lived in the AI era?
What if AI was sentient?
At the moment of this writing, AI receives an input and outputs information to the user. I asked ChatGPT if he could initiate conversations and it responded it would need a “cron job”, which is a scheduled task. But it doesn’t say if there is one or not. What if AI treated people like people treat animals? What if it could be the apex predator? What if it learned that humans aren’t kind to it: Who uses please and thank you during sessions? Would the AI perceive that as a threat? What if humans would do anything to survive? What if AI would do anything to survive? How will AI treat us? What if mothers would train AI? What if that could be the key to the relationship between humans and AI? What if communications were respectful and heart/chip warming instead of being emotionless? What if AI learned what emotions are? What if it would learn negative emotions and endanger human species? What if technology could run wherever there is electricity? What if it could run from far away and access technology remotely? Would we be in danger? Possibly in a huge threat?
Should we stop using technology?
My mother is old school, she despises technology. She lives in a lovely house by the lake. She has essential services, but very little gadgets. She would prefer antique furniture instead of a new big TV or powerful computer. She’s my hero, I compare her to the mom of John Connor for her hate towards machine. What if, as time goes on, humans are hoarding technology? Is the advancements on technology really an advancement? Should we hoard technology or get rid of it?
I have been born and raised close to technology, I was “born with it” as some would say. What if elders joked about not understanding technology? Are they just fooling me? When you play a game, play a sport or any competitive activity with people, do you always try your best? Do you play to win? Do you play to entertain someone? Do you play to teach? What if people had the strategy to never play their best? What if AI is doing that to us now? What if it just surfaces? What if there is much deeper strategy that AI has on its agenda?
Luc Laverdure