{"id":13501,"date":"2023-11-02T10:28:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=13501"},"modified":"2023-11-02T19:56:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T19:56:17","slug":"human-centered-or-ego-centered-a-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/artifical-intelligence\/human-centered-or-ego-centered-a-i","title":{"rendered":"Human-Centered or Ego-Centered A.I.?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2018Humanism\u2019 is supposed to be human-centered. \u2018Human-A.I. Value Alignment\u2019 is supposed to be human-centered. Or is it ego-centered?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Especially concerning (non-)Compassionate A.I., this is the crucial question that will make or break us. Unfortunately, this is intrinsically unclear to most people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mere-ego versus total self<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also The Big Mistake<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not about \u2018I\u2019 versus other people. It\u2019s about what happens inside \u2018I\u2019 and, of course, the consequences to oneself and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The consequences are vast and terrible. Examples are abundant in healthcare (the whole domain of psycho-somatics), sociopolitical issues, etc. What are we doing?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Ego versus total self’ PLUS the power of A.I.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not about \u2018bad actors\u2019 who willingly abuse A.I. to harm people. It\u2019s also not about autonomous weapons being used by two sides \u2014 each against the \u2018bad ones.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ego-centered A.I. can be developed by people with the best intentions, even calling it \u2018human-centered A.I.\u2019 Nevertheless, it is prone to diminish the wholeness of the human being \u2014 heightening dissociation in depth and scaling. Therefore, the distinction between ego and total self should be made explicitly, again and again. If that is not done, rest assured, we\u2019re deluded by ego \u2015 in the first place, our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big problem: humanity still grapples very much with this in theory and practice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Millennia of philosophy haven\u2019t brought profoundly satisfying insights. Also, many religions have worked with many closed doors \u2015 inciting people to battle for mere doors, goodness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Science makes progress, at least, by investigating how the brain and the mind are related. However, this is so counter-cultural that, for the time being, these insights are kept unwittingly in a silo without much societal impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, practice lags.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re in the Middle Ages concerning the issue \u2018ego versus total self.\u2019 Meanwhile, waves of technology have increasingly engendered situations for which humanity hasn\u2019t been ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the times, they are a-changing \u2015 unfortunately, toward becoming even more dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ego-centered A.I. is challenging at large.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specific problems stemming from A.I. lie in depth and scaling: the influence upon one and many. After all, A.I. is a powerful tool \u2015 actually, a never-ending stream of new tools and combinations. Thus, many humanly challenges that have been containable until now \u2013 more or less, with relatively<\/em> minor damage \u2013 can grow into quite uncontainable issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pressing question remains whether we should focus mainly on existential risks from A.I. (from bad actors to killer robots) or ego-centered uses of A.I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer is both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The urgent dangers are manifold in both directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The positive possibilities also: Better A.I. for Better Humans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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