This piece really belongs here, with the rest of my philosophical dissertations….
See June 11, 2023 Update at End.
I just read a Publishers Weekly article on Facebook and it absolutely infuriated me! I don’t know if you’ll be able to read it, but it’s called “AI Is About to Turn Book Publishing Upside Down.”
I am reproducing my response here:
I found the article just like every other techie article I’ve ever read: forgetting about the Human Factor. Dismissing the Human Factor. Of course, I’ll be told I’m wrong.
Life isn’t about having technology DO EVERYTHING for us.
Life isn’t about technology making all of our DECISIONS for us.
This is exactly the point where we do need to get Philosophical with a capital “P.” When we keep removing THINGS from Humans TO DO, what is left for us? Video games? Reading? Invading other countries out of boredom? Or are we now going to have AI read our books for…
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