I do not (knowingly) use “Artificial Intelligence” (whatever this is supposed to mean) to help me either find information or write; though I’ll admit that it is difficult to not see some of the “AI” answers that Google forefronts as I scroll past. For me, the process of philosophical writing is a performance art, and Western-made “AI” is just not an instrument which helps me to create the art I’m interested in creating. I want my performances to reflect how I have been engaging with the world I participate in as a uniquely entwined, ever-developing, social organism, but “AI” averages out a lot of those distinctive notes by drawing from statis…
I do not (knowingly) use “Artificial Intelligence” (whatever this is supposed to mean) to help me either find information or write; though I’ll admit that it is difficult to not see some of the “AI” answers that Google forefronts as I scroll past. For me, the process of philosophical writing is a performance art, and Western-made “AI” is just not an instrument which helps me to create the art I’m interested in creating. I want my performances to reflect how I have been engaging with the world I participate in as a uniquely entwined, ever-developing, social organism, but “AI” averages out a lot of those distinctive notes by drawing from statistical snapshots of an untold wealth of other, often “Western,” human performances.
My plan is to stay here in this little corner of Canadian Philosophy, trying my best as a Westerner to learn how to humbly listen to, understand and then heed the wise and critical feedback of the indigenous peoples of “Turtle Island.” (This is the term used by the Ojibwa, whose homelands I live in and through.) I’ve got a lot of learning to do.
