With the advancement of AI, will people become its masters?—or its livestock? (The AI-generated English translation is shown below the Japanese text.)
最近AIを使っていくつかのことをしている。
この文章はAIによっていない。ただしこの文章の英語の翻訳はAIによる。そう書かないとAIだろうと思われる時代になりつつある。AIと人間の境目が消えてゆく時代。
「どうせAIでやってるんだろう。」そう思われる時代だがそんなこと言って揶揄するのはAIの正体を知らないものの話でしかない。
AIの飛躍的な発達はインターネットやメールが出てきた頃の衝撃を超えている。1人が可能な仕事の質を劇的に変える。今まで10人で3ヶ月かかった仕事が1人で数週間であるいは数時間で可能になる。
AIの使い手になるか使われる側になるかで生活スタイルは真逆にもなるだろう。
良く言われる話で、
AIは人間の家畜化を進める
と警鐘を鳴らす例がある。確かにそうだろう。
しかし、人間はAIがあろうとなかろうと、もともと洗脳されやすい生き物であり、自分も気づかぬうちに家畜同様の生活をしているものだと私は思うが。
AIの進化はそれを加速するだろう。
一方、AIを使い手とすることができれば個人の表現能力は飛躍的に向上する。数年前まで個人では絶対に不可能な作業を可能にもする。
また一方、AIの言うことをなんでも信じてその通りにすることしかできなければAIの奴隷になるだろう。しかし、このような状況は先述の通り、人間の歴史を見れば、AIがなくても同様である。
メディアの奴隷になるとか戦後教育の奴隷になるとかと同じことだ。もっと言えば近年の「保守思想」にも同じ現象はある。
いずれにしても、好きと嫌いとに関わらずAIが人間社会を激変させることは確実であろう。
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With the advancement of AI, will people become its masters?—or its livestock?
Recently, I have been using AI for several things.
This text itself was not created by AI. However, the English translation of this text is generated by AI. In fact, it is increasingly necessary to clarify such things, as we are entering an era where people will assume that everything is produced by AI. It is an age where the boundary between AI and humans is disappearing.
“It’s probably just done by AI anyway.” That’s the kind of assumption people make nowadays, but anyone who says such things and mocks it is simply someone who does not understand the true nature of AI.
The rapid development of AI surpasses even the shock brought about by the advent of the Internet and email. It dramatically changes the quality of work that a single individual can achieve. Tasks that previously required ten people working for three months can now be accomplished by one person in a few weeks—or even a few hours.
Whether one becomes a master of AI or is dominated by it will likely result in completely opposite lifestyles.
It is often said:
AI will accelerate the domestication of human beings.
Such warnings are certainly raised. And indeed, there is truth to them.
However, I think that regardless of whether AI exists or not, humans are inherently susceptible to brainwashing, and in reality, many live lives not unlike those of livestock, often without even realizing it themselves.
The evolution of AI will likely accelerate this trend.
On the other hand, if one is able to become a masterful user of AI, one’s expressive abilities will soar dramatically. Tasks considered absolutely impossible for an individual just a few years ago are now within reach.
Conversely, if one simply believes everything AI says and can do nothing but follow its directions, then one will become a slave to AI. But as mentioned above, looking at the course of human history, such situations have occurred even without AI.
It is the same as being a slave to the media or a product of postwar education. To go further, the same phenomenon can be seen in the recent rise of “conservative thought.”
In any case, like it or not, there is no doubt that AI will bring about a dramatic transformation of human society.