Is Mankind Playing “Frankensteinism” with Artificial Intelligence?

The duration of human existence is almost a drop of water in the ocean compared to the age of our planet. Most of the possibilities we take for granted today were for our ancestors in the distant past. from a dream it consisted of

How we got here and what our future will be like through the eyes of an expert In this article, we will evaluate these discussions in the light of “Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow” by Yuval Noah Harari, one of the most famous historians of our time.

According to Homo Deus, the history of humanity can be divided into three main periods: the “prehistoric period”, most of which takes place in nature, the “posthistorical period”, which is under the yoke of unquestioned absolute authorities and supreme instructions, and the “enlightenment period”, which includes especially the post-Renaissance.

According to Harari, people before the “Enlightenment Period” had to use only nature and religion in order to survive and access knowledge. spiritual resources They interpreted the universe based on it. All rules and norms in societies were determined by the absolute demands of supernatural supreme powers.

The only role one assigned to oneself in this equation was to be a passive spectator. Mankind, whose activities hardly affect the planet, is, in Harari’s words, “insignificant than a jellyfish“It was a living thing.

“Enlightenment” In his period, man suddenly becomes the main actor. Now, the universe begins to be interpreted on the basis of man himself rather than absolute supreme sources. Therefore, it is believed that spiritual understandings that are not based on human beings cannot be more absolute than a person’s feelings and views.

This is new human-centered understanding; It evolves into an understanding that the universe exists only for humans, and therefore humans should be considered the center of the universe, and therefore every step that humans take for their own good will be permissible. Here’s to this understandinghumanism” we say.

“Homo Deus”, whose name means “God is Man”, is about the power poisoning experienced by human beings and their gradual self-destruction, contrary to what its name suggests.

According to Harari, humanism, which is essentially based on the interests of human beings, is also our greatest weakness. Harari’s reasoning is that as this process of automation and artificial intelligence progresses, to human will not be needed to be.

In such a world order, in the words of our author, “a dysfunctional new economic class” and they will not be able to find jobs, so they will not be able to participate in the economy. Therefore, the economies of states are also in danger.

Contrary to what conspiracy theorists always talk about, the main reason that fuels this process, in which people become more and more insignificant, is of course not a great and unstoppable supernatural or demonic force. The reason, the source, and the one that will explode in your hands are like you and us. people!

While mentioning this danger many times, Harari said in another interview that the possible unstoppable rise of artificial intelligence and perhaps one day it will become superior to human only international cooperation and restrictions suggested that it could be prevented through Because in his eyes, and most likely all of us, this problem is a problem, just like pandemics, to turn into a global problem and perhaps bring the end of humanity has potential.

Based on this argument we have explained so far, when we reinterpret the title of the work, Harari’s words “man being a god” actually mean that humankind is a god. self created You realize that there is a possibility that it will be destroyed by an entity. In other words, this pattern does not give any praise to human beings and on the contrary, power poisoning a needle mold.

What do you think about these arguments of Yuval Noah Harari? Does artificial intelligence pose a danger to your profession or life?