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Title: Human Free Will in the Digital Age
Published: 2017-03-23
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCcgDVH0A8s
Title: Human Free Will in the Digital Age
Published: 2017-03-23
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCcgDVH0A8s
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Hey out there my name's Jeff to resell and welcome to news buds newish show mind hack show that cover stories that explore the hidden workings of the human mind today on mind hack AI bots learn to chat in their own language how objectivity creates a culture of conformity and a headset that helps you harness the power of the force that's all coming up on this edition2/36
of my attack WNED WNED WNED WNED they will begin by looking at the business section of wired magazine where the headline from March sixteenth twenty seventeen reads it begins bots are learning to chat in their own language now we've heard previously about robots being able to converse with humans and we've even seen the somewhat creepy video from Hanson robotics of their creation Sophia who seems to3/36
be able to carry out a quite coherent conversation with her human counterparts this article talks about a new development in language learning for artificial intelligence it's about a man named Igor more Dutch who is bringing a new methodology to teaching computers language and what's interesting about your murder ouch is that he's not a linguist but his background is actually in robotics in animation he's actually even4/36
work for Pixar on Toy Story three this new project with you are more agile others is being sponsored by open a I the artificial intelligence lab started by Tesla founder you on mosque in why company or president Sam Altman more dachas collaborators created a world where bots are charged with completing certain tasks like moving themselves to a particular landmark the world allows bots to create their5/36
own language as a way of collaborating helping each other to complete those tasks so instead of the traditional approach two language learning in a I which is been more about taking in large amounts of data about human speech in human language and trying to analyze statistical patterns within that in emulated and mimic human speech what more Natchez doing is teacher of the box to create their6/36
own language for the same reasons that he believes humans created their own language and this article goes into great detail and if you want to read the actual study it's on it open they eyes website now why I find this interesting is that you on Moscow's been particularly public about his caution in artificial intelligence technology and what concerns me is that this technology may not have7/36
an application that would benefit all of humanity the only benefit that I can think of that that could come from robots in artificial intelligence agents talking to each other would be to create a team of robots that are powered by artificial intelligence minds I can do jobs and tasks in the real world faster than human beings can while that might lower the cost of doing business8/36
for entrepreneurs what does it mean for the people whose jobs are being displaced by these stronger smarter faster teams of robots so that's something to think about and it's something that the author of this article seem to mix there's not any mention of the applications of this technology anywhere in the article and from what I imagine this could have military applications but like most of you9/36
out there I'm not too fond of the idea of living in a world with robot armies policing the streets the question I want a throwback to you the audiences what type of applications could be a apply this technology that can benefit all of humankind I can't think of anything so if you can please comment on this video and let me know your thoughts about this technology10/36
and how it could possibly be used to help everyone next let's look at an article by Greg Guma in global research from March ninth twenty seventeen it's called deadly facts how so called objectivity created a culture of conformity the intro of the article states about a century ago the western world entered an age of artificial substitutes technical ingenuity mechanical products technological values and accelerating motion the11/36
watch word of the age was objectivity a highly elusive standard for both leaders and the wet in particular the notion of objectivity deeply affected the emerging mass communications industry before long was serving as one of the most powerful tools of global social management in creating this standard of objectivity and constantly striving for it we've created the a world where nothing exists except that which can be12/36
apparently observed and measured and Goumas concern is that this limits the role of human consciousness where did this schism begin he says it started John Locke no not that John Locke this John Locke John log was a seventeenth century English philosopher and part of the so called enlightenment movement his idea the top you la Rossa is that the human mind is a blank slate to be13/36
imprinted upon by external stimuli he says let us then suppose the mind to be as we say white paper void of all characters without any ideas how comes it to be furnished whence comes it by that vast store which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety so with this idea John Locke is making a major departure from14/36
his predecessors who did believe that there was a sort of innate knowledge that was somehow part of what it meant to be human but lock in creating the tabula rasa idea reduce the world too only sense perception no locks hypothesis influence many twentieth century researchers including the famous psychologist John Broadus Watson who was the first to do conditioning experiments on humans in the famous little Albert15/36
experiment where he was able to condition phobias in a very small infant child Watson proved that Pavlov's idea of conditioning could be used on humans and this was the beginning of the psychological school known as behaviorism at the center of the behavior is a movement is Watson's affirmation that a human being is an assembled organic machine ready to run picking up on this B. F. Skinner16/36
continued Watson's work in creating something called operant conditioning which also introduces the idea of reward and punishment conditioning humans to behave in a certain way knowing Goumas view there's a huge downside to this what this does is it gives the leaders and managers of society a special power and a new tool to use to mold that people who they're managing to their will the unfortunate thing17/36
is that for the people who are not the managers and leaders of society we're reduced to not having any sort of free will whatsoever so what this is created in Goumas view is something called the other directed person so the result of creating humans who see themselves and to see others as being directed by external stimuli is the centralization and bureaucratized ation of society and what18/36
this does is it insurers that social conformity is the primary force of influence so in this article we see the downsides of how thinking of the human brain in the human mind is a blank slate to be imprinted upon by external stimuli is really a defeatist mentality for humanity so you might say well what's the alternative so good this article is actually a part of a19/36
series of articles called prisoners of the real an Odyssey and I'll put a link to that as well this work promotes an alternative idea called diet Nicaean leadership now that word comes from Dionysus who was at the Greek god of grape harvest wine making and wine of ritual madness and of fertility here's Goumas short description of what guy and I sing in leadership meets di and20/36
I see leaders use artistic methods to invent structures of reality although they acknowledge that scientific and artistic processes have equal worth they de emphasize logical reasoning and induction and focus on metaphorical thinking their interest is not definition but discovery I think it's really important to not just point out the errors in philosophies and thoughts in the in the current system but to offer up an alternative21/36
a new system a new idea for how things can work in the future you may be asking what's an example of how conditioning can create a certain response in an entire human society and that brings us to this week's edition of mine hack slash today we flash back to October tenth where young fifteen year old girl known only as nine era testifies before the congressional human22/36
rights caucus about a recent visit to Kuwait with her mother well is there a southern Rockies soldiers coming to the hospital with god's it took the babies out of incubators don't think it matters I'm up to something to die of the cold new year's testimony helped create a national outrage within the United States at the Iraqi soldiers for their inhumane acts but what the American people23/36
were told was that night era was the daughter of a U. S. ambassador to Kuwait and Furthermore performance was coordinated by both the White House and a public relations firm known as kill and Milton which is a subsidiary of a larger public relations firm called W. P. P. of course this testimony was reported as fact by all the mainstream fake news organizations and it eventually led24/36
to the U. S. invasion of Iraq in the first Gulf War WPP and hill and Knowlton were hired by citizens for a free Kuwait and received nearly ten point eight million to conduct one of the most effective public relations campaigns in history since then the truth about mayors testimony has come out but not in time to stop the first Gulf War this is one of the25/36
most historically significant examples of how fake news led the United States to war and that's today's mine pack flashbacks recently featured at south by southwest is an amazing new piece of technology that is the subject of the next article mind control devices are giving power back to those with physical disabilities already we can begin to see a contrast with the first article which is also about26/36
a new piece of technology but in this article even the title the author gives us a hint at one of the possible applications the technology comes from a company called emotive C. E. O. Tonle is a Star Wars fan who spoke of this technology as letting our brains harness the power of the force she did a recent session at south by southwest where she strapped her27/36
creation onto an audience members head and this audience member was actually able to use his own mind to move a ball which was connected via Bluetooth this technology works with something called wireless and electro and settle a gram or E. E. G. an EMG is a test that tracks brainwave patterns define problems related to the human brain so what the article goes on to tell us28/36
is that once the EMG captures this data that it can be used in two related ways one it can you signals measured by the brain as commands to control electronic devices like we see in the south by southwest demonstration or you can monitor brain signals to collect data on how brains behave which can then be analyzed and used to improve brain function the idea of using29/36
the human brain to control external objects is extremely exciting and empowering for human beings this technology was even used my recent ESPN show called sports science where scientists were able to track athletes performance and give them insight that allowed them to improve that performance other applications include flying a drone casting a magic spell in video games or moving around a toy but the truly special application30/36
for this technology was alluded to in the title and that is to help people with disabilities not only people with physical disabilities but also with mental disabilities with any E. Jeannie neurologist can find patterns in spot abnormalities that could lead to seizures or other neurological disorders just as you can use the brain to control and move a toy you can also empower people with physical disabilities31/36
they said those who have lost limbs can open or closed doors or turn on faucets by communicating with their thoughts this is something that gives me hope take for example the story of the eighteen year old Cora low Veoh who in two thousand got in a horrible car accident that left her in a semi bad state Tonle created a Kickstarter campaign to fund an early version32/36
of this E. G. helmet for Cora a campaign raised more than one point six million dollars in this video you can see Cora control in a video game with her mind for the very first time in la doesn't moment first time you try okay begin your mental that no little not just like he did she yeah yeah he even this technology does inspire optimism there still33/36
some major obstacles to overcome for one hair hair seems to interfere with the function of the helmet also other electronic devices that are in the room and others have pointed out that the headset could be picking up on it muscle contraction rather than actual brain activity but despite these challenges I think this is a worthwhile technology that has a clear and concrete application that is really34/36
necessary for society and unlike the first article we talked about today where it was unclear what the possible applications were this was very clear I'm really hopeful that Tonle represents a new breed of entrepreneurs and hopefully venture capitalists also who are concerned with technological applications that are benevolent and not just about profit motive I'm sure all of us know at least one person who is disabled35/36
and could really use the empowerment that a device like this could provide for them and that's what makes me excited about new developments in technology and hopefully someday myself or maybe my children will be able to harness the power of the force that's it for today's edition of mine hack thanks for watching I'm Jeff to resell and I'll see you next time for just a small36/36
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