Yuval Noah Harari: ChatGPT is the “amoeba of AI evolution”
by Big Think I3:05 pm, 21st November
What's happening now in the world is tension between organic animals and an inorganic digital system which is increasingly controlling and shaping the entire world.
Part of existing as an “organic entity” such as a human is that we live our lives by cycles: Day, night. Winter, summer, Growth, decay. Sometimes we’re active, other times we need rest. But algorithms and computers never need rest – they are ‘on’ all the time.
In a world that is becoming increasingly more digital, humans are being forced to adapt to the “always on” schedule of these systems, says Yuval Noah Harari.
Adapting to these schedules has made our lives more and more public, creating a life that mirrors “one long job interview,” says Harari, as any of our actions can be chronicled and follow us around for decades. At its crux, this is destructive to how we function. Here’s how we got here, and how we can course-correct, according to the historian.
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