John Balkam on Nostr: There is something deeply troubling about the trend towards "artificial everything." ...

There is something deeply troubling about the trend towards "artificial everything."

Artificial intelligence
Artificial food
Artificial relationships
Artificial (augmented) reality

Remember that a synonym for artificial is fake.

A society wide push to implement the artificial implies that there is something wrong with the natural.

Who says there is anything wrong with the natural?

Are we so dissatisfied with the natural that we have to build a fake reality for our consciousness to live in?

I predict that there will be a massive, global backlash against "artificial everything."

As it turns out, humanity will be okay with the flaws inherent its nature. It will recognize the majesty of the natural and it will reject the artificial writ large.

Or maybe I'm completely wrong and we'll be living in a world that looks like a combination of "Her," "I, Robot," and "Black Mirror."

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