Wisdom and the Rise of AI (Artificial Ignorance)!
Artificial Intelligence is already here, we just don't notice it yet. All around us, the invisible algorithms of social media and countless online platforms are shaping our buying habits, our values, and our beliefs. Should we be concerned? The Power of The Algorithms The algorithms exploit our cognitive baises and effectively hijack our minds without us even realizing it: Our devices have the same conditioning effect as poker machines, keeping us hooked on content through Intermittent variable rewards . FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) becomes an addiction to living moment to moment online. Our social approval is primed by how many tags and likes we get. Our need to reciprocate social gestures is exploited to keep us on the platform for longer (looking at you LinkedIn). Automatic feeds and autoplay are like consuming a bottomless bowl of soup - we will always consume more than we need. Message interruptions are an effective way of capturing our attention since we're p...