Rediscovering Human Ingenuity: Artificial Intelligence and the Unraveling of Knowledge Communication

ChatGPT is Not a Subject and Why It Matters

Exposé:

In this impromptu article, the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly AI tools like ChatGPT, in higher education is examined. Drawing from personal reflections on the inspiring relevance of Immanuel Kant and the possibilities of making complex thoughts more accessible, ancient Greek civilization theory is used as a metaphor for understanding the significance of AI tools in civilization design. It is suggested that AI and human creativity can mutually enrich each other, developing innovative solutions and enabling human-AI synergy.

The article highlights the renaissance of personal ingenuity and intellectual solidarity, emphasizing the role of AI tools in the creative process and the exchange of ideas and thoughts. The combination of AI tools and human knowledge enables the exploration of new horizons in science, technology, art, and philosophy.

Finally, recommendations for the use of AI chatbots in the higher education context are presented, based on the cybernetic imperatives of Heinz von F?rster and the rule set from "AI-Thinking" (2019), deepened in "Infosomatic Turn" (2021) and "The Age of Sapiocracy" (planned for late 2023). These recommendations emphasize the prioritization of human potential, the complementary role of AI, the promotion of critical and self-reliant usage, as well as ethical and responsible AI development.

Overall, the article demonstrates how Artificial Intelligence and human creativity can go hand in hand, achieving ethically consistent innovative solutions and enabling human-AI intersubjectivity that shapes the higher education of the future.

The article text:

Reading Immanuel Kant in my youth sparked a resonance within me, leading me on a sublime quest to understand the world. His thoughts inspired me to express my ideas in dense and complex texts. These ideas, condensed in a lifelong pursuit of knowledge, formed the foundation of my most recently published books and planned projects. However, later in my work, I encountered difficulties in adapting my writing style, which hindered my access to a broader audience.

With AI tools like ChatGPT, I can now express my thoughts in a more comprehensible human language and contribute to conveying the possibilities and limitations of AI technology. The emergence of chatbots and voice assistants based on Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT) or other models has initiated a revolutionary interaction between humans and machines.

Previously, I reduced my sentences to the essentials because it was easier and I had neither the time nor the budget for extensive explanations. But with chatbots like GPT, many of my implicit texts became accessible by feeding them into the bot and asking appropriate questions that correlate with the respective context.

Some examples include my books "Infosomatic Turn. Impulses for Intelligent Civilization Design" (2021) and "AI-Thinking: Dialogue of a Thinker and Practitioner on the Significance of Artificial Intelligence" (2019), whose content can only be partially explicated when entered into chatbots like GPT and combined with fitting questions. I have since been able to train some bots in this regard.

A secret tip is to apply my AI rules formulated in "AI-Thinking" (Tsvasman & Schild, 2019) to concrete problems in dealing with AI, gaining valuable insights and targeted recommendations. For example, the principle of "prioritizing subject-immanent potentiality" may lead you to deploy AI solutions in ways that expand and complement human abilities rather than replace them.

By applying these principles, you can develop ethically responsible solutions and foreground human capabilities to promote productive human-AI interaction. In this context, the question arises as to how we should view AI tools like GPT. The metaphorical classification of Nomos, Logos, and Sophos inspired by ancient Greek civilization teachings can serve as a guide to understanding the significance of such AI tools for our civilization design.

As an author, it is possible to gain profound understanding and skills using chatbots and AI support to translate thoughts into comprehensible language and reach a broader audience. Through these technologies, we can highlight authentic and relevant content and convey complex ideas and relationships.

The current disorientation and specialization in many areas have made it more difficult to foster fruitful interactions and discourses. However, we are at a point where we can harness the potentials of AI technologies to extend human genius beyond esoteric individual communication and self-sufficient subjects into the intersubjectivity of potentiality.

With AI tools, we can regain appreciation for personal genius and achieve a renaissance of intellectual solidarity that does justice to the complexity of our world. Science communication and interdisciplinary collaboration are crucial to make complex topics and insights accessible to a broader audience.

By using understandable language, didactic concepts, and AI support, research areas that are not immediately economically or ideologically significant can receive the attention and recognition they deserve. AI tools contribute to regaining the lost appreciation of personal genius by promoting the creative potential of each individual and enabling the exchange of ideas and thoughts on a broader, more accessible level.

In a world where human subjective genius and socio-technological infrastructures support each other, we can create an atmosphere of solidarity and respect in which the genius of each individual is recognized and appreciated. This collaboration and mutual appreciation could lead to significant advancements and discoveries that positively impact our world.

The combination of AI tools like chatbots and human knowledge enables us to explore new horizons in science, technology, art, and philosophy. In the age of the information revolution, we will increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to help us address challenges and shape our future. At the same time, it is crucial that we remain aware of our responsibility and the limitations of AI.

The interplay of efficient AI tools like chatbots and effective human knowledge opens up new opportunities in various fields such as science, technology, art, and philosophy. Human intuition, creativity, and ethical potentiality are essential to harness the potential of AI while maintaining our values and priorities. Highly specialized professionals will be challenged to adapt to the new realities of an AI-driven world. It is essential to find a balance between utilizing AI and acknowledging the uniqueness of human intelligence. AI can enable and expand human creativity and innovation but not as a replacement for human intelligence. To shape a sustainable and inclusive future, we should ensure that AI protects and enables human genius to promote authentic insights and observations and help us make informed decisions based on values and ethical considerations.

Considering the cybernetic imperatives of Heinz von Foerster and your framework of AI rules in "AI-Thinking" (2019), further deepened in "Infosomatic Turn" (2021) and "The Age of Sapiocracy" (to be released in late 2023), my general recommendations for the use of AI chatbots in higher education can be summarized as follows:

1. Prioritize and expand human potential: AI chatbots should be used to extend human potential by providing students and teachers with more choices and creating space for creative solutions and insights.
2. AI as support and complement: AI chatbots should be implemented as a complementary tool to broaden access to information and learning resources without neglecting the importance of personal guidance and inspiring research.
3. Promote critical and responsible use: It is crucial to train students and teachers in using AI chatbots to ensure responsible and critical use and expand their skills in handling new technologies.
4. Ethical AI development: The ethical aspects should be emphasized, ensuring that AI chatbots do not make power decisions but serve as supporting tools that allow human users to participate clearly and uprightly in digital transformation in the sense of human potentiality.

By following my recommendations, AI chatbots in higher education can help support the learning process and increase the inspired effectiveness of students, mentors, and academic infrastructures while enabling responsible knowledge acquisition. Artificial intelligence and human creativity can work hand in hand to achieve ethically consistent innovative solutions and enable human-AI intersubjectivity (a conceptual term from "Infosomatic Turn").

Considering the rapid development of AI technologies, it is essential to keep ethical, social, and legal challenges in mind while emphasizing the human dimension. Artificial intelligence should not be viewed as a substitute for human thinking and action, but as a tool that helps us expand our capabilities and push the boundaries of our knowledge. Only in this way can we maintain a balance between technological progress and human values and create a future in which humans and machines work together harmoniously.

Conclusion:

Artificial intelligence, particularly AI tools like ChatGPT, can significantly impact the future of higher education. By combining human creativity and AI tools, personal genius and intellectual solidarity within the academic community can be fostered. It is crucial to prioritize the human dimension and consider AI as a supportive tool to ensure meaningful collaboration between humans and machines in higher education.

To achieve this, we should focus on ethical principles and ensure that AI solutions extend and complement human potential rather than replacing it. The use of AI chatbots and other AI tools in higher education should aim to support the learning process and enhance the inspired effectiveness of students, mentors, and academic infrastructures. At the same time, we must promote responsible and critical use of AI tools to shape a sustainable and inclusive future. By maintaining a balance between technological progress and human values, we can create an environment where both human and machine work harmoniously together in higher education.

(c) Leon Tsvasman

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