Our Brains Don’t Understand Artificial Intelligence

Weoften refer to a ship as “she”, even trains and sometimes our cars. It’s not uncommon in the manufacturing industry for workers to name large pieces of equipment. Research into voice assistants like Alexa and Siri noted that some people will treat their engagement with a range of human engagements from politieness to rudeness and indifference. Humans have long anthropomorphised technology. When ChatGPT and DALL-E came leaping onto the scene it was with wild abandon, like a dog greeting its owner, bowling them over. We weren’t quite sure what to do then. We still aren’t. Our brains, minds really, are struggling to truly comprehend Artificial Intelligence. Why? What does this mean for the future of AI in the near term? Ever since technology burst forth from our imagination, we have been developing various ways in which we form relationships with our technology creations. Some technologies, we form rituals around. Your smartphone is an example. You have it set up a certain way, you have rituals around how, when and where you use it every day. The reason you can personally name your mobile is that the developers of the iPhone and others, understand how humans form relationships with certain technologies. In some cultures, technology plays a role in how we define our sense of self. The Indigenous peoples of Australia highly personalise their <a href="https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/08/26/meet-xiaoice-the-ai-chatbot-lover-dispelling-the-loneliness-of-china-s-city-dwellers" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">digeridoo</a>, a musical instrument. This instrument plays an important role too in how indigenous people see themselves and their place in the universe. <a href="https://gilescrouch.medium.com/our-brains-dont-understand-artificial-intelligence-1b0c43424b80">Learn More</a>