If it made us all intelligent, we would certainly not be facing the crisis of global warming, potential war with countries like Russia or China, we face grave dangers in our near future. I don’t think AI is even in the conversation of potential dangers that can change the social climate of the world we live in. Can you imagine living in poverty because a robot has absurdly taken over your job? The idea these computers are thinking for us isn’t completely accurate for someone needs to be sitting behind the wheel to operate the machinery, what I can attest to in being someone who is continuing to grow around the technology is we are now losing sensitivity and personality based on the idea everything is now completely becoming computerized.
Technology is inevitably going to continue to grow, that can be seen as a good thing and a bad thing. Its good because this means there will continue to be programs that will enrich our lives, but as writers it can’t be all that great. Especially since we are in the business of the written word. The writer’s guild in California is currently on strike regarding the advances of Chat GPT, soon writers will no longer hold relevance with a program that is designed to write exactly what someone is asking for. “You might consider the parts of the writing process where technology could provide a scaffold” (55). This is good because the idea of revision can be viewed as a tool especially if you are a college student, unfortunately this means if you use this tool constantly you diminish the concept of originality, for why does that matter anymore if you can get your work done.
Chat GPT is one of these programs that is now removing the basis of thinking critically for yourself because let’s face it, there is now technology that is helping you not to think at all. Faking it until you make it is now a norm because we see these influencers making millions of dollars online selling you products, they don’t necessarily believe in but have the popularity to make you feel it is something you completely need. News flash! That is exactly what Chat GPT does for you to believe some of the facts surrounding its data base, because it is such a user-friendly interface, people believe the legitimacy of the information it provides back to the user. “leading ChatGPT-supported applications to “hallucinate”—generate plausible-sounding yet factually inaccurate information in response to verifiable questions” (JIA, 379). Effectually the nature of AI is to provide information that sounds accurate, this is the direction in which the written word is turning toward. Think about writing a resume, and not having to think about the strong selling points in your character, there is a system that is now in charge of telling others who you are.
Another major issue with Chat GPT is the idea that it is quite possible the information being provided by a program that is created to give us a rendition of what is or is not true. If you think about it this program is attempting to convince us of what we should or should not believe. “The spread of misinformation is indeed a significant challenge in the digital age, and it can have serious consequences for politics, economics, and societies” (JIA, 383). When you think about Donald Trump’s constant rant of “Fake news” it makes you question the idea of an AI giving you information, is it a republican AI? Democrat? This is why it is difficult to believe every piece of information you receive from the Chat GPT program.
Jobs are becoming scarcer in New York, you see many job openings in all kinds of markets, not many places are hiring anymore based on the idea you have expertise in certain fields, soon expertise will no longer be a factor. The scariest part of inexperience being a factor is a robot can do your job, literally. Amazon has rolled out a series of algorithm-based systems that now report to a database when there is a discrepancy in the product a customer received. Ironically, they named the system that does the report “the matrix” the idea of this system is to record responses of successful and unsuccessful package deliveries. “Put another way, instead of asking whether robots will replace human, I’m interested in how humans are increasingly treated like robots and what this means for the role of labor” (Crawford, 56). Crawford makes a valuable distinction in the observation in which humans are being treated like robots. Sooner than later the idea will no longer just be an idea, it will manifest itself in to reality, the labor in things humans used to be able to do will eventually be the job a robot can do.
Amazon was supposed to be the wave of the future, we relied on companies like these for its forward thinking and its ability to bring jobs to the general population. Things took a turn for the worse since we are now viewing the changes occurring in a company that is now completely relying on robotics clearly proves we are currently more undervalued as a population. “Robotics has become a key part of Amazon’s Logistical armory, and while the machinery seems well tended, the corresponding human bodies seem like an afterthought” (Crawford, 54). In other words, human beings are just the looming species that are soon to be dispensable. We have come to a point in our timeline where systems are being built to control of an infrastructure that once employed those who needed full time and part time positions are having a harder time attaining employment simply for the idea a robot can now do a human’s job.
Humanity seems to be taking a turn for the worst when it comes to technology, I was fortunate enough to be raised in an era where technology was only beginning to scratch the surface. Internet was not high speed, dial-up was the worst era of being connected to the internet. Through all this, distractions were born. I used a 2 way and a pager. I enjoyed the birth of technology in its simplest form like a sidekick or a blackberry. iPad and kindles were born and that is where the descent of books began. It is sometimes a little unrealistic that you can buy books and keep them on an electronic device. Gen Z is so used to the feel of electronics that the feeling of holding a book is now becoming so irrelevant, you can see it on the subways and even on school campus. People are now refusing to use books, and this is a result of the new generation of tech users who are reluctant on removing the bulk of carrying a book and keeping it on their bookshelf. “Books record the basic human experience like no other medium can” (Kidd). The idea of book bans occurring in Florida are putting us in a position of forgetting parts of history that are important to talk about, I believe technology is part of the erasure taken place in the loss of the written word.
The world has become a bit more sensitive to dark humor, but this is the monster we have created by allowing twitter to become a place in our mind that exist. It doesn’t. It’s an illusion created by the same people who have taken advantage of the same technology we fear. Bullying has become less physical because it is not virtual. #Meantweets was where it started, celebrities would read the tweets of people that were posted online. It was entertaining but it became dark, memes are now following that same form of bullying, some are funny like the one posted by MFLOL on twitter. Its caption reads “ChatGPT is coming for your job” (MFLOL). It seems funny but it’s entirely true for many people.
Technology is going to continue to evolve, I feel it is important to understand how much of your electronics your intake daily. If you believe the amount is entirely too high, you must reevaluate the amount of intake you give yourself. I believe too much of anything is not good for you. Tiktok bans have already begun in certain states for the same reason. ChatGPT is a great tool for structure and to brush up your skills in writing but be aware that it may not completely be providing truthful information even if it is tempting to believe.
