Quantum AI like life before: Trust over fear in the Unknown

Much has been made of the risks, the fear in what we cannot understand in AI. Equally, there is excitement and optimism over the outcomes and achievements of Machine Learning.

Scalable tasks are being completed successfully. Other tasks are coming close. They fail and are recalibrated, getting closer with each trial, or being repurposed if we discover a better use or another problem.

We are shifting more and more of our roles, once taken for granted as being human-only. We are entrusting them to the tools and the manifestations of our own applied intelligence.

Our systems are the products of our own intelligence and intent.

They design optimal structures for engineers to focus on solutions instead of the mechanical details. They can match images across huge databases to identify patterns we could not detect before.

With unknown methods they have learned, as per our original instructions, they show us what was previously unknown.

The unknown is part of human life.

Previous forms of automation changed the role of humans in the world. Machines taking away repetitive tasks forces us to redefine our purpose and place. Humans have created this problem in their attempts to control and direct nature using our applied intelligence.

We moved from farms to factories, from the country to the city - and then found ways to reconnect and enjoy the old places again.

As we changed, we did it in response to changes in nature, to our environment and the culture we created. Never truly understanding the world and the ways it worked, we accepted the unknowns and adapted to what we could observe.

It is the essence of Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Physics, and our practice of scientific experimentation.

The journey is to discover and then understand. We cannot understand everything first; there would be no progress at all. We have to accept and trust in the unknowns to take the next step in a technology-powered evolution.

This is the Anthropocene's challenge to humans.

Now that we've taken over, now that we've created our own machines beyond our capabilities - what do we do with ourselves with less struggle against nature, less repetitive tasks to narrow our role?

We set our intentions, our goals - and we create.

The opportunity now exists to redefine our general purpose as a species. With proper communication, liquid democracy, and a balancing of the inevitable excesses of our Brave New World's learning - we can assume a new role.

Philosophers, thinkers, creators have all prospered when given the space and the support to explore and reflect. All of us prosper when we engage in dialogue and have the time to listen. The transitions into new roles will test our adaptation ability and force us to create new ones.

What if we had the trust in our machines, the communication and trust between each other, to let everyone contribute to a shared philosophy of our species and co-set the intentions for our machines?