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Algorithms., Artificial Intelligence., Capitalism and Greed, Climate change, Life, Technology, The Future of Mankind, Visions of the future.
( Seven minute read)
Life is all around us. In most cases it has evolved and is still evolving, but are we coming to the end of its evolutionary ability with AGI.
Life I suppose is that which we choose to give it.
According to Wikipedia :
“ The meaning of life is the concept of an individual’s life’s human life, or existences in general having an inherent significance or a philosophical point.”
“There is no consensus on the specifics of such a concept, or whether the concept itself even exists in any objective sense.”
It’s not a mood or an achievement, but a way of seeing reality clearly and still saying yes to life.
With the arrival of the internet / social media/ profit seeking Algorithms/ and the forthcoming AGI it’s becoming boring because joy is less about ease and more about connection, openness, and love.
We are already trading the complex diversity of human thought for an ultra-processed linguistic diet.
The traditional advice to “trust your eyes and ears” has become dangerously obsolete, as has our tendency toward “seeing is believing.”
But can Hybrid intelligence, marry human intuition with AI’s analytical rigor, can amplify human potential.
As we move toward a hybrid future, the intimate relationship between natural intelligence and artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming essential to our identity.
We’ve entered an era of hybrid intelligence where the line between our words and the algorithms that suggest them blurs.
The loss of linguistic diversity may be the first warning sign of deeper issues ahead.
Consider what happens when an AI knows you’re most susceptible to emotional appeals late at night, understands exactly which conspiracy theories align with your existing anxieties, and can deploy that knowledge with perfect timing.
Language is more than a communication tool; it’s the scaffolding of thought.
We are in the midst of a rupture of life on Earth with not just AI but climate change and the ignorance of a United States president named Donald Dump tearing what left of world order, it’s time we stood up and be counted.
It would be fair to say that we are now on borrowed time to do anything about the direction of life is going.
How we answer this is as it always has been will determine our lives.
Unfortunately with AI we are no longer sure what the right choice is.
My personal opinion is that I am applaud by the lack of attention our governments are paying to the problems that AI is creating, which is and will be on a vast scale.
If we don’t now enshrine human values into a future with AGI it will create its own values.
We readily embrace the promise of effortless efficiency.
But are we trading the complex diversity of human thought for eco chambers.
In work and life environments where AI is increasingly pervasive, our brains consume linguistic fast food—sweet and easy to swallow, but lacking the complex nutrients of local dialect, spicy slang, and idiosyncratic quirks.
Are we heading toward a future where vocabularies become uniform, mirroring how American fast food exported a simplified flavor palette worldwide?
The implications extend beyond language.
Beyond concerns about linguistic marginalization, we should worry about the homogenization of certain values and mindsets.
Consider how AI handles conflict resolution.
JAI productivity tools assume time is linear, scarce, and must be optimized, a distinctly Western industrial framework.
Even concepts of time reflect cultural bias.
To prevent mental fast-foodization, we must practice active cognitive resistance, which starts with double literacy: using AI for efficiency while maintaining the natural intelligence to judge, critique, and override it.
Accept AI as part of our cognitive ecosystem, but don’t accept its outputs as truth or finality.
These same technologies are learning to exploit the very cognitive shortcuts that helped our ancestors survive, shortcuts that now make us vulnerable to manipulation at a unprecedented scale.
Live your life don’t let it be sold as a product for profit.
Our mind is our biggest friend and enemy when it comes to the hybrid future.
AI can deceive us, but only if we adopt an attitude of chosen blindness will it succeed.
Social media platforms exploit these tendencies brilliantly, offering instant dopamine hits from likes and shares, training us to crave quick emotional rewards rather than slower, more demanding forms of understanding.
Then time has come to open our eyes and look at what we’d rather not see.
All human comments appreciated. All like clicks and abuse chucked in the bin.
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