Zero to 1: Humans Shaped AI and Now AI will Shape Humans
Understanding the Nature of 'Information'
5 INSIGHTS
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Culture is a set of information instructions on “the way of life for an entire society.”
II.
We inform, create, and move our Culture forward. As AI transforms our economy, communication, and how we consume information, it will move the Overton Window.
III.
We will soon be fully submerged in a postmodern world where everything is possible, and nothing means anything.
IV.
AI will soon be able to create any sort of experience you want to have. AI will even be able to create personalized content just for you.
V.
A healthy information diet will become even more essential than eating a healthy diet.
3 QUOTES
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"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology." Carl Sagan
Here, we are beginning our journey into postmodernism by diving deeply into something we don’t understand despite believing that we do.
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"The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth—it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true." Jean Baudrillard
We live in a world of simulations, simulations so pervasive that they become the truth. We believe that the edited faces on Instagram are real, that our news feed reflects the state of the world, and that the world projected on our screens is the real world.
III.
"In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power." Yuval Noah Harari
1 QUESTION
Imagine a world where today’s Social Media Apps look like little toys. Children would look at them the same way we look at Atari today.
In this new world, AI is a master content creator. It can create any experience you want and be fully immersive. You can become anyone you want and live out any of your fantasies.
It also knows exactly how to persuade you and move you to action.
How can you ensure you don’t get lost in a world designed for you?