Wu Junsheng
Since the release of New Year's Day, Wandering Earth 2 has received great attention.Different from many Western world -do movies, the film presents a disaster story from the perspective of the east, reflecting how people work together to spend the difficulties.This kind of thought is deeply rooted in China's collectivist culture and history, and ranks the needs of families, clans, and countries on personal needs.
Another highlight of this movie is the idea of "digital" of human beings -digital life projects.The project is initiated by a radical organization that is uploaded by a letter of thinking through the development of thinking.This idea was questioned by the impact of human values and caused a strong protest of the public.As a father, when I saw the desperate scientist Tu Hengyu "upload" her daughter's personality into experimental artificial intelligence, and therefore became part of it, my mood was very complicated.
I immediately thought of ChatGPT.
The debate between man -machines has lasted for decades, and the appearance of ChatGPT seems to be reminding everyone that we are facing another revolutionary node, and we must (again) to face the "human -machine duel" (rhetoric) directly (rhetoric)EssenceAlthough artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to make most people live better in the next few years, people also expressed concerns about how it will affect and reshape our civilization: the meaning of human nature, the significance of productivity, and the significance of the free will of freedom willImpact.
In my opinion, the two factors, collectivism and digitalization, may have a close relationship.
Let's return to the beginning of human beings.In the era of hunting and collecting tribes, humans always complete tasks through cooperation rather than act alone.As Uvar Noah Haraily pointed out in Homo sapiens: A brief history of human beings, the difference between the presence and other species is our unique collaborative ability.This is how civilization is established -through the comprehensive wisdom of teams, family, organization, and government forms.
Today, artificial intelligence can be regarded as a form of collective intelligence.It learns from a large amount of data generated by human and non -human sources and integrates the knowledge and views of human civilization.It has the power of transcendence of humanity, can efficiently process massive data and optimize processes, and expand our innate intelligence, including computing, analysis, decision -making, learning, and creativity.
Do not forget, the impact is two -way.At the same time, artificial intelligence will also shape our society and civilization by affecting our thinking and interaction with the world.This is not necessarily a bad thing.With the use of AI, many large and small decisions will be handed over to the code -driven tool, but we don't know how they work.In other words, this system has the risk of human loss of independence, privacy, and control over these processes.
Can you solve this problem by democratic AI system?If so, how to achieve it?Can we allow everyone to participate in the development and use of artificial intelligence, not just a small number of privileges?Is it possible to establish a Maker Culture so that everyone can obtain the knowledge, tools and data required to develop the AI system equally, so as to democratize the AI?How to ensure that technology development is in line with our values?
These may be a problem that readers now appear in their minds.My thought at the time was to ask our collective wisdom -ChatGPT.I get the following answers: open source AI technology, education and training (I will add the ability to give), encourage cooperation, promote responsible AI practice, and standardize AI development and deployment.You can try to ask it.
There is an impressive dialogue in the Wandering Earth 2: "At the moment of crisis, unity is higher than everything."
In reality, crown disease has taught important courses on the essence of human beings since the outbreak three years ago.The anxiety, pervasive digital action control, and the outbreak of human rights crisis that have long trapped in the virtual world in mobile phones have provided many evidence to predict (no) the future of collective wisdom and democratization.We may usher in a new civilization, a new governance system.Will it be more open and fair in the future?Or, waiting for us is the rotten AI autocratic bridge in science fiction movies?
The author is a researcher at the Asian Center of Harvard University
Researcher at Malaysia Shuangwei University
