liminal 🦠on Nostr: "The goal here is to make clear beyond reasonable doubt the validity of concerns ...
"The goal here is to make clear beyond reasonable doubt the validity of concerns regarding the risks involved with AI applied to socialization and education. This should place the burden of proof of safety on those companies making money by getting children radically attached to anthropomorphic AI conversational partners. There are already cases of youth suicide directly attributable to the devastating psycho-social consequences of long-duration interaction with deeply anthropomorphic AI.
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Anyone who has witnessed a screen-addicted young person in demanding social contexts can get a glimpse of the path towards a radical incapacitation.
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This movement in the cultural acceptance of encroachment into socialization by machines should be understood as what it is. Technologists are surrounding children with advanced technologies based on fundamental, deep-seated misunderstandings of the nature of persons, socialization, and culture.
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As perverse as this may sound, it is the intended outcome of a certain kind of social science, exemplified by B.F. Skinner’s, Beyond Freedom and Dignity. Skinner seeks to supplant politics with a science of behavior control and, in the process, overcome what he sees as the illusory modern philosophies that speak of human dignity and freedom.
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https://www.zakstein.org/uploads/1/4/2/4/142408092/personhoodconferalproblem_stein2024__1_.pdf
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Anyone who has witnessed a screen-addicted young person in demanding social contexts can get a glimpse of the path towards a radical incapacitation.
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This movement in the cultural acceptance of encroachment into socialization by machines should be understood as what it is. Technologists are surrounding children with advanced technologies based on fundamental, deep-seated misunderstandings of the nature of persons, socialization, and culture.
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As perverse as this may sound, it is the intended outcome of a certain kind of social science, exemplified by B.F. Skinner’s, Beyond Freedom and Dignity. Skinner seeks to supplant politics with a science of behavior control and, in the process, overcome what he sees as the illusory modern philosophies that speak of human dignity and freedom.
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https://www.zakstein.org/uploads/1/4/2/4/142408092/personhoodconferalproblem_stein2024__1_.pdf