Elephant 🐘 & Six Blind Men 😎 A Lesson in Perspective

😎 Six Blind Men & an Elephant 🐘

A Lesson in Perspective

In this tale of Indian origin, six blind men are treated to the presence of an elephant. Each man feels a different part of the elephant, and each man declares what the elephant is based upon their limited experience. Trouble begins to arise when each man accuses the others of dishonesty or falsehood. It is only through the aid of outside perspective that they learn that a limited subjective experience may not be absolute truth, but nor is it quite false.

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The Blind Men & the Elephant (Video)

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Throughout time people across the world told each other tales of how they came to be.
Of heroes and monsters romance and tragedy death and rebirth.
Mythology helped shape the ancient world explaining the unexplainable.
Long ago in India there were one six blind men who stood by the roadside every day and begged from the people who passed.
They had often heard of elephants but they had never seen one for being blind. How could they?
It so happened one morning that an elephant was driven down the road where they stood.
When they were told that the great beast was before them they asked the owner to let him stop so that they might see him.
Of course they could not actually see him with their eyes but they thought that by touching him they could learn just what kind of animal he was.
😎  The first man happened to put his hand on the elephant's side and likened the creature to a wall.
😎  The second man felt only the elephant's tusk and to him it was nothing at all like a wall more like a spear than anything else.
😎  The third man happened to take hold of the elephant's trunk and was instantly afraid for he thought it was a type of snake.
😎  The fourth man reached out his arms and grasped one of the elephant's legs and it was very plain to him that an elephant is round and tall like a pillar.
😎  The fifth man managed to feel one of the elephant's ears and claimed that the blindest man ought to know that the beast is not like any of the things that his compatriots had named free is exactly like a huge fan.
😎  The sixth and final man was very blind indeed and it was some time before he could find the elephant at all but at last he seized the animal's tail and believed his friends to be a lot of foolish fellows who had surely lost their senses an elephant was not like a wall or a spear a snake or a pillar and neither was he like a fan but any man with a particle of sense can see that he is exactly like a rope.

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The blind men each believing that they were correct and the others were all incorrect began to quarrel with one another accusing each other of dishonesty.
They eventually came to blows drawing a large crowd and frightening off the elephant.
The fight was broken off by an onlooker who described to them just what the elephant looked like from their various perspectives. 

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🐘  An elephant is a large animal - the largest land animal on the planet whose body is quite expansive like a wall.
🐘  Who has tusks that come to a spear point
🐘  A prehensile trunk of a nose that moves like a snake
🐘  Pillar-like legs  (or Tree)
🐘  Fan-like ears
🐘  And a rope-like tail.
In essence they were all correct while also being incorrect at the same time.
The parable of the blind man and the elephant has been used to illustrate a range of ontological truths and fallacies that one subjective experience can be true but that such experience is inherently limited by its failure to account for other truths or a totality of truth.
it is a simple story that discusses the inexpressible nature of - truth the need for deeper understanding and respect for different perspectives on the same subject of observation.
Humans have a rather harsh tendency to claim absolute truth based on a relatively limited subjective experience and ignore or dismiss the limited and subjective experiences of others which may equally be true.
Be kind - you're not always right but neither are you always wrong.

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This is a truly timeless epistemological parable! I myself am not afraid to admit that I'm ignorant of what I do not know, and I try not to pride myself too much in the learning I've acquired over the years, because the more I live, the more I realize there's still much to learn about the world. Awesome video!!!👍

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Once again, you delivered engaging narrative and an excellent moral: "Be kind. You're not always right, but neither are you always wrong." I'd heard versions of this parable before and it was wonderful to hear this specific version on your channel. 😊
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This story really makes you realize how incredible of an animal elephants are. The parable is also super interesting, and appropriate in today's world. Awesome video 👍
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Excellent! I love this parable! It's not just because of my love for elephants, which is certainly in effect here, but it's the lesson about truth! Each of the blind men held a subjective & partial truth indeed, & collectively, an overall truth, without necessarily knowing it! Awesome video & extremely well presented, & the narration was brilliantly engaging! Well done! I thoroughly enjoyed it!💜🌎

 The Blind Men and the Elephant Parable

By John Godfrey Saxe

The parable of the blind men and the elephant illustrates how our individual perceptions (what Peter Senge calls our “mental models”) can lead to miscommunication and conflict. Pegasus Communications president Ginny Wiley has a small sculpture of an elephant on her desk to remind her of how easy it is to be seduced by the “rightness” of our own views; by gathering data about a particular situation from different perspectives, we get a better sense of the whole and can make more robust decisions.

John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887) wrote the following poem based on the famous Indian legend.
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The Blind Men and the Elephant  
Poem:  by John Godfrey Saxe
It was six men of Hindustan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
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The First approach’d the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
“God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!”
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The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, —, “Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me ‘tis mighty clear,
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!”
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The Third approach’d the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
“I see,” —quoth he— “the Elephant
Is very like a snake!”
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The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee:
“What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain,” —quoth he,—
“’Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!”
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The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said— “E’en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!”
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The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
“I see,” —quoth he,— “the Elephant
Is very like a rope!”
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And so these men of Hindustan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
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MORAL
So, oft in theological wars
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean;
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!
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 This is Such a Powerful Metaphor 

That Beautifully Illustrates Human Behavior.

We can interpret it in many different ways.
Here’s how I interpret it:

* We see the world through different lenses. Each of us is wearing a differently colored lens and everything that we see in the external world is tainted by the lens we are wearing. If you wear a red lens, you will see everything red. If you wear green, you’ll see everything green. For example, if you have a positive attitude towards life, you’d focus on the positive aspects of everything, life would be beautiful and meaningful to you and the world a safe haven.  If you have a negative attitude towards life, you’d focus on the negative aspects of everything, life would be worthless and the world would be a dangerous place to live.
*  The lens that we are wearing also works like a filter. Information is filtered through this lens when it enters our eyes and brain. Some things get in. Other things are filtered out. What gets in and what is left out depends upon a person’s experiences, attitudes, etc. For instance, two people are looking at the moon. One sees beauty, feels love and wonders how blissful it would be to lay under the moonlight with the love of his life. The other sees it as a piece of dead rock, feels nothing and wonders why the hell he is looking at it.
*  This lens is made up of our unique learning, knowledge, life experiences, social conditioning, values, beliefs, assumptions, etc. In other words, how we perceive and interpret the world is directly related to things we have experienced, things we have learned, people we have met, places we have lived, our culture, books we read, media we consume, languages we speak, values we uphold, religions or belief systems we adhere to, circumstances we have been exposed to, problems we have faced, challenges we have dealt with, opportunities we been presented with, etc. All of these things condition us i.e. they shape our unique perspective, which results in us seeing the world with a different and unique perspective or world-view compared to others because we have unique knowledge acquired from our unique experiences.
*  The lens not only affects how we perceive and understand the world, but also how we think, how we comprehend and interpret information, how we learn, how we remember things, how we communicate, how we interpret what other people say to us, how we behave, how we make decisions, how we treat other people, etc.
*  Our emotional state has the ability to more or less temporarily tamper with our lens and impact our perspective in significant ways. When we are sad or overcome with grief, the weather seems gloomy, the world looks colorless and we do not find joy in things that we used to enjoy. But has the weather really changed? Has the world changed? Have those activities that you used to enjoy changed? Everything is the same. It’s you who has changed. Grief or sadness is an emotion, just like anger, hatred, anxiety, fear, excitement, joy, disgust, envy, love, shame, awe, etc. and emotions affect our thinking, perception, interpretation of information, learning, memory, communication, behavior and decision making.
*  The difference of perspective and opinion doesn’t necessarily mean we are right and the other person is wrong. We can all have a different perspective and see the same thing differently and still be right. For example, some people see life as mostly fair and believe in Karma, some see it as mostly unfair and do not believe in Karma, while others see it as a blend of both. They are all seeing the same thing differently and they are all right because they are judging life as fair or unfair based on their personal life experiences and circumstances which may have been largely fair/fortunate or largely unfair/unfortunate or a mix of both.
*  The opposite is also true. We can all see the same thing in the same way and still be wrong. For example, in ancient times, it was a common belief that the earth is flat. (By the way, some of these ancient people still exist and still believe the earth is flat). But just because the whole world believed the earth to be flat, it didn’t make it true, as it later turned out that the earth is not flat; it’s closer to a sphere. Actually, not a perfect sphere either, more of an oblate spheroid or ellipsoid. But you get the point i.e. consensus is just agreement; it’s not proof that something is true or false, right or wrong, existent or non-existent, good or bad, etc.
*  We understand and interpret everything according to our limited knowledge and unique experiences. So we can never really see the reality objectively and our perspectives and opinions are always subjective in nature. Our subjective experience, our perspective and our opinions can be true, but they are almost always limited or incomplete because of our limited knowledge and understanding.
*  Sometimes we understand certain parts of the truth or reality, but fail to understand the truth as a whole. For example, our understanding of the universe. Scientists have figured out (almost) everything about our planet earth, and a lot about the Sun, Moon and Mars, but the rest of the planets in our solar system, all the galaxies and the universe as a whole will probably always remain a mystery.
*  Again, the opposite can also be true i.e. sometimes we understand the truth as a whole, but fail to understand certain parts of it. For example, our understanding of the human body. Scientists have managed to improve their understanding of the overall mechanics and inner working of the human body, but there are still things we don’t understand, such as why we dream, why we have different types of blood, why we have a dominant hand, why we have fingerprints, etc.
*  Most of the times, however, we are only able to see the tip of the iceberg i.e. only a small percentage of the truth or reality. For example, when we say we know a person very well, we in fact only know a small part of his personality, because that’s all that is visible to us. Most of the iceberg is underwater i.e. most of human personality is hidden from us. A person’s thinking, motivations, biases, desires, beliefs, values, ideas, fears, insecurities, etc. are all unknown to us. What we know is what a person chooses to tell us or reveal to us.
*  Conflicts arise when people have different views of the same reality but fail to consider and understand the perspectives of others. Think of politics, religion, science, etc. We insist that our opinions and views are correct and others are wrong. We try to defend our views, but never try to see the world from the perspective of others. We never try to take off our own lens and see the world through the lens other people are wearing. If we did that, we would realize that their view is not wrong, just different, because they are seeing the world through a different lens than us.
*  Can we ever take off our lens and look at the world objectively? Not really. Just like eyes are a part of our body, permanently affixed to the eye socket, this metaphorical lens is also a permanent part of our existence and our consciousness. While we cannot take off our lens permanently and look at the world with the naked eye, we sure can take it off temporarily and take a glimpse through other people’s lens i.e. through other people’s perspective.
*  We can glimpse through other people’s lens by reading books and articles, interacting and engaging in discussions with people who hold different beliefs, watching documentaries, talk shows and movies, listening to podcasts, etc.
*  When we take a glimpse through other people’s lens, we not only gain a better understanding of the truth (the big picture), but also become more aware of our own lens i.e. we understand our own perspective better. We become aware of the flaws in our own understanding. We become aware of our limitations, weaknesses, hidden biases, assumptions and blind spots. We understand other people better; we might not agree with them, but we learn to appreciate them, value them and empathize with them.
*  When we look at the world through other people’s lens, sometimes we realize that our vision is sharper, the world is more beautiful, colors are more vibrant and we can see the truth more clearly, as compared to our own lens. That’s when we know it’s time to get rid of our old lens and replace it with a new one. Sometimes the lens is replaced unconsciously; sometimes we have to do it consciously.
*  We can replace our old lens with a new lens by exposing ourselves to the perspectives of other people, people who are different than us in any way, including people from other cultures, religions, races, etc. By genuinely trying to understand their perspective and opinions and see where they’re coming from. By examining our own beliefs, attitudes and opinions. By identifying our own biases, assumptions and blind spots. By accepting our limitations and weaknesses. And by reconsidering and DISCARDING our old beliefs, attitudes and opinions, in favor of new and better ones.
*  Sometimes, however, the lens doesn’t need to be replaced. It just needs to be cleaned and fixed. We can clean and fix our lens by considering alternative beliefs, ideas and opinions and reconsidering, adjusting and correcting our existing beliefs, attitudes and opinions.

Takeaway

You might have interpreted this parable in a different way, depending upon your own unique experiences and perspective. But the gist of the parable remains the same for all i.e. we see the truth through different lenses. That’s why we shouldn’t be so quick to judge others as wrong. Instead, we should try to understand the perspective of others and then try to see the truth from their perspective. We should be flexible and willing to consider alternative beliefs, ideas and opinions and be willing to reconsider and revise our views when the change is warranted. By doing so, we can see the truth in a new light and learn a thing or two about the truth, something we were oblivious to before because it was filtered out of our lens or clouded by our own biases, assumptions and blind spots.

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Rida Tahir is an Instructional Designer by profession and a freelance writer by passion, based in Germany and currently pursuing her Masters in Psychology at the University of Sunderland (UK). She writes about personal growth, psychology and mental health. You can read more about her on her website Second Quadrant Living and follow her on Instagram.

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The Blind Men &  the Elephant

The Blind Men and the Elephant is a Buddhist story about the dangers of not being open-minded. It goes something like this:
There was once a cruel king who entertained himself with the sufferings of others. One day, he had his servants gather people from his kingdom who have been blind from birth. He had them taken to his palace, where he showed them an elephant.
The blind men touched different parts of it, and thus came to different conclusions about what an elephant is. They presented their views to the king, but as their views were all different, and all of them were adamant that only they were right, they got into a fight - much to the delight of the cruel king.
The Buddha makes a point with the story that we always only see things from a certain perspective, and thus what we see or think is never the full truth. Ultimately all views are mental fabrications, and if we hold too tightly to them, it only serves our unhappiness. Being closed-minded often leads to cruelty and aggression. On the other hand, being open-minded leads to peace, both inside and out.
The Buddha finishes his teaching with these words:
"O how they cling and wrangle, some who claim
For preacher, and monk the honored name!
For, quarreling, each to his view they cling.
Such folk see only one side of a thing."
The story can be found in the Tittha Sutta (Ud 6:4) in the Buddhist scriptures.

A Buddhist Story

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Delve into the captivating parable of "The Blind Men and the Elephant" that illuminates the significance of perception and collaboration. Set in an ancient Indian village, six blind men encounter an elephant for the first time. Each blind man touches a different part of the elephant and forms their own interpretation. As they argue, they fail to realize that their perspectives are limited to the specific part of the elephant they touched. This parable teaches us the vital lesson that different perspectives offer valuable insights, but none can fully capture the entirety of truth. By approaching life with an open mind and embracing diverse viewpoints, we can collaborate and build a more comprehensive understanding of reality. Join us as we unravel the profound wisdom embedded in this story and discover the transformative power of seeking multiple perspectives to uncover a deeper truth about the world we inhabit.

What is the analogy of The Blind Men and the Elephant?
The parable of the blind men and the elephant illustrates how our individual perceptions (what Peter Senge calls our “mental models”) can lead to miscommunication and conflict.
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What is the conflict between the blind men and the elephant?
The blind men argue with each other each insisting that, based on their own experience, they are right (in some versions they actually come to blows.) The conflict is resolved only when they stop talking, start listening and collaborate to 'see' the full elephant. The parable has been interpreted in many ways
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Moral Of The Story
'The story will teach kids that truth is relative to one's own perspective, and because the truth is relative, we all should respect the opinions of others'. After all, their views of reality are based on a different viewpoint than our own.
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What is the moral of the Blind Man story?
The Blind Man with a Lamp Stories with Moral in English ...
The story of the blind man with the lamp actually teaches us that we should always be polite to one another. It is not a good thing to pass judgement on others without thinking about their situation or condition. We should choose our words carefully and think twice before we say anything to others.
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The Cloud, The Elephant And The Blind Men
Oct 7, 2014

Throughout history, philosophers, teachers and religious leaders have used stories and parables to help us understand intangible, often complex, concepts. One of my favorites is the Indian parable of the elephant and the blind men.
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A.I. Godfather 👨‍💻 Geoffrey Hinton Interview 🤖

👨‍ 💻 "Godfather of A.I." 🤖

Geoffrey Hinton: The 60 Minutes Interview

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Geoffrey Hinton is known as the "godfather of AI" for his work on artificial neural networks, which are at the core of machine learning.
His research has paved the way for current AI systems like ChatGPT.
Here are some of Hinton's accomplishments:

*  Nobel Prize - Hinton won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics with John J. Hopfield for their early discoveries and inventions in physics.
*  Turing Award - Hinton won the 2018 Turing Award, often called the "Nobel Prize of Computing", for his work on deep learning.
*  Co-authored a highly cited paper - Hinton co-authored a paper in 1986 that popularized the back propagation algorithm for training neural networks.

Hinton has also expressed concerns about the risks of AI technology, including:

*  The possibility of AI outperforming humans
*  The potential for AI to flood the internet with false information
*  The risk that AI technologies could replace jobs
*  The possibility of AI developing unexpected behaviors
*  The potential for the development of autonomous weapons

In May 2023, Hinton announced his resignation from Google to speak out about the risks of AI. He said he now regrets his work and that his age played into his decision to leave. 

'Godfather' of AI quits Google job amid fears tyrants like Putin could use the growing intelligence of robots for 'bad things' - as bitter Silicon Valley civil war over dangers of the tech rages on.

By Sam Tonkin - Published:  2 May 2023

British-Canadian pioneer Geoffrey Hinton issued stern warning about dangers.

Some of world's greatest minds are split over whether AI is a good or bad thing.

The 'godfather' of artificial intelligence (AI) has tossed a grenade into the raging debate about the dangers of the technology after sensationally quitting his job at Google and saying he regrets his life's work.

British-Canadian pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, 75, further fanned the flames of a growing Silicon Valley civil war, as he issued a spine-chilling warning that 'scary' chatbots like the hugely popular ChatGPT could soon become smarter than humans.
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Some of the world's greatest minds are split over whether AI will destroy or elevate humanity, with Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates championing the technology and Elon Musk a staunch critic.

The bitter argument spilled into the public domain earlier this year when more than 1,000 tech tycoons signed a letter calling for a pause on the 'dangerous race' to advance AI.

They said urgent action was needed before humans lose control of the technology and risk being wiped out by robots

Debate:
The 'godfather' of artificial intelligence Geoffrey Hinton has tossed a grenade into the raging debate about the dangers of the technology - after sensationally quitting his job at Google and saying he regrets his life's work. Some of those who and against AI are pictured.
The former advisor's thoughts come after the man widely seen as the godfather of AI, Geoffrey Hinton (pictured), quit his job at Google and said some of the dangers of AI chatbots were 'quite scary'.
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Geoffrey Hinton issued a warning that 'scary' chatbots like the popular ChatGPT could soon be smarter than humans
Supporters argue, however, that AI may be a brilliant thing for civilization because it could help cure cancer, solve climate change, and eradicate poverty.
Now, in what is a seismic moment in the battle between the two warring factions, Dr Hinton has fired an astonishing salvo by issuing his resignation and sounding the alarm about the dangers of how quickly AI is advancing.  
He said chatbots are already capable of holding more general knowledge than a human brain, and added that it was only a matter of time before AI also eclipses us when it comes to reasoning.
At this point, he said, 'bad actors' such as Russian President Vladimir Putin could use AI for 'bad things' by programming robots to 'get more power'.
Dr Hinton's ground-breaking research on deep learning and neural networks has laid the foundations for current AI technology, but he cautioned that humanity should now be 'worried' about the consequences of developing these systems further.
'Right now, they're not more intelligent than us, as far as I can tell. But I think they soon may be,' the British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist told the BBC.
Industry experts said Dr Hinton's announcement was a 'significant moment for the future of AI' that had 'caught the world's attention'.
Jake Moore, global cyber security adviser at ESET, said: 'Although we are a little way off computers attacking humans, bad actors are already taking advantage of the power of this technology to aid them in their attacks.
'We have spent many years investing in AI but this wonderful achievement will inevitably be used nefariously and could form part of larger scale attacks, especially if used in nation state attacks.'
Professor Alan Winfield, of the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), praised Dr Hinton for speaking out. 

What are the dangers? Fears about AI come as experts predict it will achieve singularity by 2045, which is when the technology surpasses human intelligence and we cannot control it
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Concern: Some of the world's greatest minds are split over whether artificial intelligence (AI) will destroy or elevate humanity
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Bill Gates said  ChatGPT-like technology will be 'as revolutionary as mobile phones and the internet.'
Google CEO Sundar Pichai believes AI will help cure cancer
Ray Kurzweil predicts AI will reach singularity by 2045 but will benefit humanity
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Supporters: Bill Gates, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and futurist Ray Kurzweil are on the other side of the debate, hailing ChatGPT-like AI as the 'most important' innovation of our time

'As someone who has been worrying about robot and AI ethics for nearly 15 years, and advocating for both responsible innovation and regulation, I feel somewhat vindicated — although no less worried,' he said.
'However, as one of the signatories of the FLI open letter, I am pleased that we – and Hinton – have shone a spotlight that has caught the world's attention.'
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Dr Carissa Veliz, an associate professor in AI at the University of Oxford, added: 'That so many experts are speaking up about their concerns regarding the safety of AI, with some computer scientists going as far as regretting some of their work, should alarm policymakers. The time to regulate AI is now.'
Dr Hinton's decision to leave Google, which he also said was partly due to his age, comes amid a fierce dispute in Silicon Valley about the dangers of AI.
The growing divide comes after the extraordinary rise of ChatGPT, which has taken the world by storm in recent months, passing leading medical and law exams that take humans nearly three months to prepare.
Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and the late Stephen Hawking are among the most famous critics of AI, who believe the technology poses a 'profound risk to society and humanity' and could have 'catastrophic' effects.
However, Gates, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and futurist Ray Kurzweil are on the other side of the debate.
They think ChatGPT-like AI could be our time's 'most important' innovation.
The civil war became even more apparent at the end of March with the publication of the letter on The Future of Life Institute.
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Opposed: The bitter argument spilled into the public domain earlier this year when more than 1,000 tech tycoons signed a letter calling for a pause on the 'dangerous race' to advance AI
Among those to sign the letter were scientists John Hopfield from Princeton University and Rachel Branson, of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, as well as DeepAI founder Kevin Baragona
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DeepAI founder Kevin Baragona, who was among those who signed it, explained why the rapidly advancing field of AI was so dangerous.
'It's almost akin to a war between chimps and humans,' he told DailyMail.com.
'The humans obviously win since we're far smarter and can leverage more advanced technology to defeat them.
'If we're like the chimps, then the AI will destroy us, or we'll become enslaved to it.'
On the other hand, Gates supports the progress of AI, proclaiming the ChatGPT-like technology to be 'as revolutionary as mobile phones and the internet.'
He believes the rise of AI is poised to improve humanity, increase productivity, reduce worldwide inequalities and accelerate the development of new vaccines.
In its simplest form, the technology combines computer science and robust datasets to enable problem-solving.
It allows machines to learn from experience, adjust to new inputs and perform human-like tasks.
The systems, which include machine learning and deep learning sub-fields, are made up of AI algorithms that seek to create expert systems which make predictions or classifications based on input data.
From 1957 to 1974, AI flourished. Computers could store more information and became faster, cheaper, and more accessible. Machine learning algorithms also improved and people got better at knowing which algorithm to apply to their problem.
Now with the release of ChatGPT at the end of last year, its popularity and what it can achieve is evidence of how fast the technology is growing.
The Chabot is a large language model trained on massive text data, allowing it to generate eerily human-like text in response to a given prompt.
In just a few months, it has passed the bar exam with a higher score than 90 per cent of humans who have taken it, and it achieved 60 per cent accuracy on the US Medical Licensing Exam.
People have also used ChatGPT to write research papers, books, news articles, emails and other text-based work.
However, while some see the Chabot and others like it – such as Google's Bard – as a virtual assistant of the future, many others worry it could signal the beginning of the end for humanity.
With Dr Hinton's resignation, the debate is only likely to intensify.
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The scariest AI developments so far: From 'Balenciaga Pope' to Fake Trump arrest and deepfakes
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An image of Pope Francis wearing a shiny white puffer jacket, a long chain with a cross and a water bottle in his hand is the latest example of the dangers of AI.

The stylish pontiff was created by image-generator Midjourney. Deepfake videos have also shown the evil powers of AI, allowing users to create clips of public figures spreading misinformation - and experts predict 90 percent of online content will be made this way by 2025. These scary AI developments seem to be just the tip of the iceberg. More than 1,000 tech leaders are calling for a pause on the 'dangerous race' to develop AI, which they fear poses a 'profound risk to society and humanity' and could have 'catastrophic' effects.
The AI-generated image of Pope Francis, published Friday on Reddit, made waves on the internet this week, ultimately because the public believed it was real. 'I thought the pope's puffer jacket was real and didn't give it a second thought,' tweeted model and author Chrissy Teigen. 'No way am I surviving the future of technology.'
Experts have also weighed in on the realistic AI image.
Web culture expert Ryan Broderick said the pope image was 'the first real mass-level AI misinformation case.'
Bellingcat journalist Eliot Higgins created the images this month, showing  Trump being chased down the street by police officers while his wife Melania screams. Others show the former President in jail wearing an orange jumpsuit.
'Legit thought these were real,' one person tweeted, while another said: 'We should really be putting watermarks on these that disclose they are AI-generated and not real.'
It comes after Trump claimed without evidence that he would be arrested today and called on his supporters to 'protest, protest, protest' in response to a possible indictment over the former president's alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Deepfake videos and images have also seen a boom online, showing influential figures relaying misinformation.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was used in a clip where he thanked Democrats for their 'service and inaction' on antitrust legislation.  Demand Progress Action's advocacy group made the video, which used deepfake technology to turn an actor into Zuckerberg.
More recently, in February, several female Twitch stars discovered their images on a deepfake porn website earlier this month, where they were seen engaging in sex acts.
Currently, no laws protect humans from being generated into a digital form by AI.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12036775/The-Great-AI-debate-explodes-godfather-technology-quits-Google.html

 

THE GREAT AI DIVIDE:
WHICH TECH EXPERTS ARE FOR OR AGAINST

FOR  👍

* Microsoft founder Bill Gates - Believes it can reduce worldwide inequalities
* Google CEO Sundar Pichai - Thinks it could cure cancer
* Futurist Ray Kurzweil - Predicts we can live side by side with robots

AGAINST 👎

* Stephen Hawking - Believed it could spell the end of the human race
* Geoffrey Hinton - Worries that 'bad actors' such as Putin could use AI for 'bad things'
* Steve Wozniak Apple co-founder - Says AI has the potential to make 'horrible mistakes'
* Elon Musk - Fears AI will no longer listen to humans

WHAT IS CHATGPT?
ChatGPT is a large language model that has been trained on a massive amount of text data, allowing it to generate eerily human-like text in response to a given prompt
OpenAI says its ChatGPT model has been trained using a machine learning technique called Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF).
This can simulate dialogue, answer follow-up questions, admit mistakes, challenge incorrect premises and reject inappropriate requests.
It responds to text prompts from users and can be asked to write essays, lyrics for songs, stories, marketing pitches, scripts, complaint letters and even poetry.

Meet the workers using ChatGPT to do their job 

They refer to themselves as 'over employed', because the tool allows them to complete the workload of each role in at least half the time. Workers have taken up extra jobs because ChatGPT has reduced their workload
They use the AI to draft marketing materials, write emails and generate code

Employees have admitted that they are using ChatGPT - the revolutionary chatbot powered by artificial intelligence (AI) - to work multiple full-time jobs.

They refer to themselves as 'overemployed', because the tool allows them to complete the workload of each role in at least half the time.

Most of the jobs they do involve a fair amount of writing, like creating marketing  materials, which the chatbot has proven to be remarkably adept at.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11967947/Meet-workers-using-ChatGPT-multiple-time-jobs-employers-NO-idea.html

 

The “godfather” of AI warns about dangers

as he resigns from Google

Geoffrey Hinton, expresses his fears about the future.
Why an over-fast advancement in AI creation can be dangerous?
Nataliia Huivan  Posted: 05.03.2023

 

Geoffrey Hinton is a famous Google engineer often called a "godfather of artificial intelligence". Just recently he has quit his position and warned the public about the potential dangers of further development of AI technology. Before working for over a decade at Google, Hinton had his own company which is responsible for a 2012 breakthrough when he and his 2 colleagues created an algorithm that serves as the foundation for many current AI systems, including OpenAI's ChatGPT. 

However, it seems that such participation in the creation of the world-changing technology hasn’t given Hinton an expected feeling of contentment. In recent interviews for the New York Times and BBC, the engineer even expressed regret for his work stating that "it is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things."

Hinton noted that the advancement seen in the industry since 2012 is spectacular and likely our understanding of this breakthrough doesn’t even scratch the surface. "Look at how it was five years ago and how it is now. Take the difference and propagate it forward. That’s scary," he said.

Hinton's statements can be considered a logical reflection of fears expressed earlier this year in a public letter signed by over 1,000 tech leaders, calling for a brief halt and more control of AI development. Hinton didn’t sign the letter then but, according to his explanations, it was just because he didn’t want to criticize Google while still with the company.

Geoffrey Hinton isn’t the one who expressed apprehension about possible routes in AI development. His concerns about AI's potential for harm have been echoed by other experts in the field. Years before the ChatGPT’s grand debut, Stephen Hawking warned of the potential for AI to "spell the end of the human race." Even Elon Musk, who is known for his risky AI ideas, has famously called AI "more dangerous than nuclear weapons".

In response to Hinton's resignation and concerns, Google's chief scientist, Jeff Dean, stated that the company remains committed to a responsible approach to AI, "continually learning to understand emerging risks while also innovating boldly."

Overall, specialists of Atlasiko also believe that the world should treat the AI development with maximum precaution as there’s no knowledge of just how far the development of artificial intelligence can go and how it’ll impact people.

We have already seen major advancements in the creation of AI-powered supercomputers that gained the interest of tech giants as a new field of investment.

More daring scientists now work on the theoretical basis for the development of organoid intelligence which is supposed to result in biological software able of supercomputing.

Some futurists took it a few steps further saying that artificial intelligence can help people to obtain immortality which is also quite a disputable ethical and technical concept.

All these inventions can be exciting and dangerous at the same time as long as we can’t accurately predict their impact. That’s the main reason why Hinton and other scientists are wary of such fast-advancing development, and we all should be, too.

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https://atlasiko.com/news/ai/the-godfather-of-ai-warns-about-dangers/