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Our reading
AI as it is currently deployed bends towards demoralisation rather than towards flourishing.
Their wordsMy working thesis about the generalized impact of “AI” as it is currently deployed can be summed up in the observation that the arc of AI bends toward demoralization.
Their wordsI believe that one dimension of this sadness or demoralization can be attributed to the simple fact that we are increasingly invited to outsource a class of activities that grant us a measure of satisfaction, accomplishment, and purpose.
Their wordsIf there is some thing that you are meant to do, who the hell cares if there is a machine that can be made to do it just as well or even better? It is still your thing to do.
Their wordsWe must pursue these things not because the dignity of our humanity is on the line, but because our joy is.