AI's increasing role in our lives raises concerns about human dependency on technology for decision-making. This shift can lead to a loss of autonomy, reflecting concerns from historical thinkers about mechanization's impact on humanity. Philosophical reflection is vital when developing technology to ensure that it aligns with human values. The current tech landscape in Silicon Valley has deviated from its original vision of merging moral ambition with technology, leading to a focus on data mining rather than meaningful innovation.
You are going to be tempted in ways that you have never before been tempted to outsource your thinking. And you're gonna have to resist that.
To flourish as humans, we have to be self-directed. We are the architects of our own becoming, but if we offload our thought, if we let AI automate the things that we want to pursue, then do we lose something?
Socrates once said that the unexamined life is not worth living. Similarly, the unexamined product may not be worth building.
Silicon Valley was once a place that married a bold moral ambition with incredible engineering... somewhere along the way that changed.
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