Do you suppose there will come a time, as AI strives to perfect its imitation of humans (and cats of course), that we will need to introduce deliberate errors in our grammar and spelling, just to prove that we are 'real' (as opposed to artificial)?
Will we strive in future posts to inflict 'grievous perversion' in our use of our language just to establish our right to be recognized as creators of original free expression, exercisers of imagination, artists of language not bound by any rules that AI seeks to perfect its mastery of?
Versions of the question seem to have appeared lately on more than one blog we follow, as programs and apps that 'compose' prose are being offered to each of us, and tried by some. Some have posted examples and asked if we can tell the difference between the artificial and the real. Seriously? Does life have enough spare time to spend on deciding? If we want to read fiction let's go buy a book (even an e-book), and be entertained acknowledging that a human author has considered a plot, given shape and colour (life even) to some characters, described a setting - and fired something in the imagination (and possibly the empathetic brain regions) of the reader.
Other than as an exercise in curiosity (which both cats and humans are famous for), forays into the AI version of blog posts would quickly become tedious for both the readers and the blogger ....unless of course the blogger isn't a living sentient being in the first place.
How long do you think you might be fooled into continuing to follow an artificially intelligent blogger? Will the flesh and blood bloggers among us have to resort to weird use of mother tongues to secure our credentials and, like some sort of wartime Resistance, find others operating in a similarly secretive world of real beings?
Resistance is futile, hooman. You will be assimilated.
ReplyDeleteMuch food for thought there. Human beings are cussed creatures and will not bend easily.
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ReplyDeleteExcellent questions, Tigger mate! Something that we are all going to have to contend with as we move forward in this century of taking things too far... (and hearing the echoes of previous generations saying the same about their own centuries!) We are an inherently self-destructive race, it seems. It will be interesting to see whether we can keep a control on AI - if there is even a desire to do so. Hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
WOW! food for thought!!!! now I have more to ponder on. IF I ever do another AI post, I will be sure to advise the readers I did not write it. now I could take that writing and misspell a few words, and people would think I DID IT. This post is to DEEP for an AI to understand if bots read. Now I ponder do they read? hummmm
ReplyDeleteI'll admit to being one of those curious about ChatGPT etc. My intention in trying to log into it for Nobby's blog was, I think, misinterpreted by several readers. I'd simply been planning to use any output as a one-off basis for humour on the blog and was a bit taken aback by the vehemence of the reaction against the very notion of going anywhere near this AI model. (I was also flattered by the comments about how people valued reading about Nobby's real adventures).
ReplyDeleteI never did succeed in logging in anyway!
As for the question of whether one might be fooled into following and AI blogger - well that raises a whole other complex set of issues.
Cheers! Gail.
Wow. Never thought of blogging as part of a resistance movement. But I guess with AI we just might be.
ReplyDeleteRise of the machines! Where is John Conner when you need him?
Well you are a very clever cat Tigger and you have mastered writing blogs. I wish my four legged friends could do the same.
ReplyDeleteYou would have to provide them with a secretary each Dave. I make extensive use of secretarial services. Mr T
DeleteFood for thought indeed. I plan to devote my reading to humans. Of course, I may be fooled...
ReplyDeleteReal blogs by real people with real lives - I hope that never ends. Regarding your idea of deliberately making mistakes - I deliberately make my home baking uneven and mis-shapen so that people will KNOW that it is home cooked! What a sad world we live in :)
ReplyDeleteWe laughed about the baking; and there we were striving for 'perfection'! We will adopt your approach from here on.
DeleteYes I agree with you. It's like don't sweat the small stuff aye? I would rather people get up in arms about more important subjects
ReplyDeleteHi Tigger, we've just met you (will now follow you) and first off must say "meows of thanks" for stopping by to visit us. I am JUNE, mine mommy is Ann (she doesn't deserve upper-case in my opinion ...meow). Though admittedly she is the one who read your post today and mulled it over (I have been napping). Personally she is not happy about AI, though I do not care. She is looking at it mostly in terms of how it will affect art-and-design, and images. She likes to play with photos and sort of make them look "different" but not FAKE she hopes. When it comes to words and writing and that kind of AI because she is (sorry, mom) and old lady now, she mostly worries for her grand-kids and how it will impact them. All in all, it might not be a good thing for the creative mind of humans ... anyway, she says enough said. Bye now ...
ReplyDeleteHello JUNE. My humum is a bit flakey at present so my posts are irregular. However she says that using tech to make art is directing the tools - and no different to a paintbrush, a chisel, or a sewing machine for being creative. We are not sure where the line is, but there is an exhibition of AI art in London at present (themed 'the environment') that looks (from the advertising) like painting humans through history might have made (various 'styles') and F won't go. She says she feels like it devalues the creativity of the humans whose styles created the originals which the computers have been programmed to imitate.
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