Lyle's Blog

Much is written of late about AI and its probable effects on our lives. I won’t pretend to know much about it and don’t really care to know even though it no doubt will do all the nasty things promised. Nasty I say? If you make a cursory observation of mankind’s progress, one can’t help but notice the fallout all of his inventions have brought about.

Take for interest the internet. Oh, it’s the number one wonder of the world, but are we really better off because of it? Do we have less paperwork? Maybe for some who don’t value supporting documentation for anything, but for me, I drown in paper.

Am I “smarter”? I’ve got the Google Mind at my fingertips. Most have the desire to be an open vessel for whatever our internet gods have decided is truthful or worthy. In a way, the internet itself has become artificial intelligence. We are told which websites are “safe” to visit because everything today is political. Even Google has a tough time answering, is there such a thing as a woman?

There is no purpose in learning anything anymore which I suppose explains the baffling stupidity of the average American. One could say ignorant but I think that is too kind. The difference between someone who can’t read and one who doesn’t read is nil. We base life-altering changes many times on hearsay. Age-old accepted reality is now open to question.

Science has become a nuisance by propagating nonsensical theories, all of which are bolstered by mindless government grants to universities gushing with students of suspect credentials. Remembering the adage, if you torture the statistics long enough you’ll get the answer you want, is not much different than if you spend enough money your thesis is true.

As AI becomes mainstream, the need to think at all will fall into question. Are any of us smarter than the internet? Probably not. But do we want something whose only objective is group truth to manage our lives? From driving our cars to educating our children, do we really want the unbending rod of correction guiding our every decision? With a government filled with corrupt good old boys deciding where AI should shadow us, are we so enamored with the AI future that we gladly relinquish our body and mind sovereignty?

In the perfect world that lies before us there can be only one truth. What’s important is who decides what’s true or whether the truth even matters at times. The Fourth Reich is the zombie apocalypse, not a time when the body is dead but the death of the mind and then the soul.