The article highlights the dual nature of AI's rise, emphasizing both its potential benefits and ethical pitfalls. It introduces 'digital philosophy' as a means for deeper understanding while pondering critical questions about fairness, safety, and job displacement. The need for scrutiny in our use of AI, particularly in scientific and philosophical contexts, is stressed, acknowledging AI's propensity for errors and bias. Human perspectives are portrayed as crucial for navigating this new digital reality, moving beyond mere reliance on AI-generated outputs.
AI Large Language Models work by scraping all the text off the internet, digesting it, then serving up sliced-and-diced versions on demand, which can, Max Gottschlich says in his article,
To rely deliberately upon AI in science or philosophy, to 'work with' it uncritically, is to choose to be away with the fairies. Not only does AI sometimes make stuff up (engineers euphemistically refer to it as 'having hallucinations'), but its output often embodies the collective delusions of humanity, our prejudices and biases and preconceived assumptions and deep-rooted mistakes.
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