Artificial intelligence as a new technology has captured our imaginations Made us marvel at its apparent consciousness and dream again about the possibilities of technology
But AI is nothing but statistics, Statistics, not expressed as numbers but as language
Language we speak, language we use, language we understand
Language that conjures up images
And as such this statistics model, infinitely big, complex and too complicated to grasp, creates an illusion of consciousness
An illusion of humanness, An illusion so powerful, it boggles the mind
An illusion that sets our imagination free
Like a magician, AI makes us dream we can fly It lifts us up out of the theatre chair and makes us feel, experience, dream
Makes us imagine new possibilities
But just like magic we should remember that magicians can’t fly
After the magician has imagined his show, he sets to engineering the illusion
Figuring out the technicalities, the intricacies of wires and mirrors Cleverly combining different techniques to harness the effect of illusion
Let’s use AI as a trigger for our imagination, but be pragmatic in engineering those imaginations
AI as a magician, and AI as a technology, are two very different things