Adrian- This is interesting. I particularly like the counterweighing of the three schools of thoughts. Admittedly I've always find myself in the Frankl school of thought. Maybe I'm foo-foo, maybe it's the feminine in me. Either way, I find the other schools of thoughts, for certain phases of my life, fell somewhat below what I needed. But perhaps the better answer that I don't know of, might lie somewhere in that human beings, as the complex organisms that they are, want--no, need--all those schools of thoughts. I have no clue where AI would come into play. All I know is that mankind's relationship with their tool-creations, have always been a complex one. Dating back to when fire was first invented, then weapons, then technology. Call me old-school I suppose, but I think humans' endless pursuit of happiness, often misplaced in their tool-creations, might simply reflect their endless pursuit of their best self. Your writing is a great reminder of this :)
Thank you Thalia, very true that all of these schools of thought capture some aspect of the human condition. We constantly switch from one dominant aspect to another., depending on circumstances. So which one captures "the" deepest of our motivations is more of an averaging process. On the topic of AI, my reason for writing this series is that I believe AI is a different kind of technology, deeply and intimately related to us and therefore, how we go about developing it has much more potent consequences than the technologies before it.
Adrian- This is interesting. I particularly like the counterweighing of the three schools of thoughts. Admittedly I've always find myself in the Frankl school of thought. Maybe I'm foo-foo, maybe it's the feminine in me. Either way, I find the other schools of thoughts, for certain phases of my life, fell somewhat below what I needed. But perhaps the better answer that I don't know of, might lie somewhere in that human beings, as the complex organisms that they are, want--no, need--all those schools of thoughts. I have no clue where AI would come into play. All I know is that mankind's relationship with their tool-creations, have always been a complex one. Dating back to when fire was first invented, then weapons, then technology. Call me old-school I suppose, but I think humans' endless pursuit of happiness, often misplaced in their tool-creations, might simply reflect their endless pursuit of their best self. Your writing is a great reminder of this :)
Thank you Thalia, very true that all of these schools of thought capture some aspect of the human condition. We constantly switch from one dominant aspect to another., depending on circumstances. So which one captures "the" deepest of our motivations is more of an averaging process. On the topic of AI, my reason for writing this series is that I believe AI is a different kind of technology, deeply and intimately related to us and therefore, how we go about developing it has much more potent consequences than the technologies before it.
Whew! You are putting in work sir!
Although your many diagrams added to the piece, I really appreciate the first and how it lays out a path for AI addressing human needs.
Thank you Jamal, yes, that top diagram tries to capture the main ideas behind the publication.
So awesome 👏🏽