In my previous post, I advanced the idea that creativity and creative skills will become much more valuable as AI automates away many of the technical tasks white-collar professionals currently perform. Popular author Daniel Pink makes a similar argument in his book,
I love these observations and thank you for sharing them! I recently read A Thousand brains: A New Theory of Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins. You might enjoy that book too.
I loved your metaphor of the mind as a Swiss army knife with multiple frames of reference. You advanced this idea further in your discussion of the true meaning of a liberal arts education: "the more frames one can access – either vicariously or through lived experience, the greater will be their creative freedom. In this sense, a true liberal arts education frees the human from slavery, from the tyranny of the single right answer, the dogmatic adherence to but one conception of truth." What caught my attention here was the idea of the "tyranny" of the single right answer, or the one conception of truth. Metaphysically, truth = truth with a capital T, as both unified and absolute. Admittedly, and obviously, we can approach truth from multiple angles and perspectives; however, finding truth and stating truth is an important goal to avoid subjectivism, and the concept of "that is your truth and this is my truth". Especially in the world of artificial intelligence and virtual reality, authenticating truth is and will be of utmost importance; e.g. exposing deep fakes and engaging in TRUE fact checking. Authenticators of truth are more to be desired than gold!
I love these observations and thank you for sharing them! I recently read A Thousand brains: A New Theory of Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins. You might enjoy that book too.
I loved your metaphor of the mind as a Swiss army knife with multiple frames of reference. You advanced this idea further in your discussion of the true meaning of a liberal arts education: "the more frames one can access – either vicariously or through lived experience, the greater will be their creative freedom. In this sense, a true liberal arts education frees the human from slavery, from the tyranny of the single right answer, the dogmatic adherence to but one conception of truth." What caught my attention here was the idea of the "tyranny" of the single right answer, or the one conception of truth. Metaphysically, truth = truth with a capital T, as both unified and absolute. Admittedly, and obviously, we can approach truth from multiple angles and perspectives; however, finding truth and stating truth is an important goal to avoid subjectivism, and the concept of "that is your truth and this is my truth". Especially in the world of artificial intelligence and virtual reality, authenticating truth is and will be of utmost importance; e.g. exposing deep fakes and engaging in TRUE fact checking. Authenticators of truth are more to be desired than gold!