Recognizing Our Patterns: Can AI Predict The Future of Humanity?

The little boy eagerly ripped through the wrapping paper, secretly hoping he would get his dream 1000-piece Lego set as a gift. He let out a squeal of delight. "That's exactly what I wanted!" he said with a beaming smile. Scrambling for the instructions, he looked back and forth between them and the picture on the box. He wanted his creation to match the picture on the box perfectly. Can you relate to wanting something exactly as you think it should be, even if that way of thinking is restrictive??

We love our predictability so much that we often demand certainty even when certainty eludes us. Part of that desire for predictability is because we do not want to make a mistake and look foolish.

But as much as we think having certainty can keep us safe, it can also detract us from exploring fresh perspectives and building a better future for ourselves.?

What else could that boy have built with 1000 pieces of Lego?

This article aims to explore how the use of AI can help us welcome new ways of approaching old problems. We will examine some pros and cons of having AI algorithms recognizing our patterns. And we will discuss whether AI can predict the future of humanity.?

Digging Up Obvious Patterns

Suppose you are gifted a box containing 1,000 Lego pieces of various sizes, shapes, colours, and thicknesses. How will you go about grouping those pieces??

Will you group the Lego blocks based on size, shape, colour, or thickness? You will likely choose one of those options. For AI, that process is about recognizing 'old' patterns (the obvious).

Think about it for a moment. What other ways could you group the Lego blocks??

For example, you could group the Lego blocks based on what you want to build with them. Building a Lego car requires different pieces than building a Lego castle.?

Let us take it a step further.

What can you predict about your Lego creation? Will it look like something you saw in a store, an ad, or a video? Will it be something that is outside of your norm? How far will you take your creativity? These are questions AI can answer through extrapolation.?

Can The Past Predict Future Performance?

Extrapolation, or the ability to generalize knowledge from existing data to predict the future, is a crucial facet of human intelligence and AI.

Like AI, we try to forecast the future based on obvious patterns. Reflecting on the question 'What can you predict about your Lego creation?' prompts us to recognize our tendency to make choices based on what we know. What we know is familiar and usually predictable. It's what we perceive as safe.

Consider this:

If presented with a set of Lego pieces that contained what you believed were weird shapes and colours, would you be inclined to use them? Why or why not?

How about if you were given the keys to a warehouse full of containers filled with Lego pieces? Could this abundance inspire you to create new patterns?

Approaching situations with fresh perspectives requires us to be open to embracing various viewpoints. And for humans, that is easier said than done.

Again. We love our predictability because we believe it will keep us safe. The question that arises is, Safe from what exactly?

Is Predictability The Root of Emotional Hangovers?

In a situation requiring a different approach than what we are used to, we often do not get excited. Instead, we get a sense of dread as if our essence is on the line. We become scared of making a mistake or looking foolish. As a result, we tend to retreat, filled with overwhelm.

Here's the thing.?

Unlike humans, AI does not get overwhelmed. AI can take 1,000 Lego pieces and come up with hundreds, if not thousands, of ideas on how to group the data (Lego pieces) to create something new. It's no sweat off its back. It doesn’t sweat or have a back.?

Unlike us, AI does not crave a feeling of predictability or certainty. It is not concerned with feeling safe or looking like a fool. It's just not capable of an emotional hangover. And that helps AI predict our behaviours.

The Power of AI to Recognize Our Patterns

A pattern is a set of predictable behaviours. These behaviours stem from what we deem familiar.?

AI algorithms track our behaviours. An algorithm's job is to register our every move and predict the choices we will make based on the predictability of those behaviours.

Some Pros of AI algorithms:

?? Tailored learning

AI can track a student's pace of learning and adapt lessons based on that student's level of understanding.

?? Improved decision-making

AI can track a person's money and offer ways to invest that money based on their level of risk-taking.

?? Scientific Breakthroughs

AI can track ongoing research, corroborate it with existing research, and fill in the missing gaps, leading to more discoveries, etc.

Some Cons of AI algorithms:

? Reinforced Biases

AI makes predictions based on existing data. If that data contains biases, those biases get carried over in the following decision-making until shown otherwise.

? Privacy Concerns

In the article Nosy AI: Can AI Protect Our Need for Privacy? I state, "The more time you spend on a social platform and reveal information about what you like and do not like, the more data algorithms can collect about you. Privacy as we know it may be dead."

? Transparency Issues

If AI makes a prediction that has negative consequences, who is responsible for the error or bias??

Can AI Predict the Future of Humanity?

In a recent turn of events, OpenAI's board raised concerns over the company's mandate and ousted its CEO, Sam Altman. The news sent a shock wave that rippled through Silicon Valley to Washington, D.C. The minds were feverish. What prompted the board to fire their beloved CEO?

Speculation surfaced that Sam Altman might not have been forthcoming about AI achieving general intelligence (AGI). AGI means that AI has attained a level of intelligence comparable to humans.?

If this speculation holds true—if AI has indeed reached human-level intelligence—the question arises: Can AI predict the future of humanity based on our patterns of behaviours??

I’m asking because tech giants like Bill Gates are already saying that they do not truly understand how machine learning occurs from a neural network standpoint.?

Emotional Tech?: A Bird's Eye View to Riding The AI Wave

Emotional Tech? brings humanity into AI, creating a synergy between human emotional intelligence (EI) and AI capabilities.?

While OpenAI's mission is rooted in the creation of AI technologies that "benefit all of humanity," the CEO publicly expressed concerns that AI poses a threat as severe as nuclear weapons.?

This apparent contradiction raises the question:

Was Sam Altman crying wolf to downplay that AI had achieved AGI? Or could he have been seeking accountability for the company's AI deployments??

One certainty remains—we can all benefit from developing our Emotional Tech?. Here’s what that means:

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With gratitude and respect,

Anne Beaulieu

Emotional Tech? Engineer

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