By now I’m sure that most of you have seen these video clips that have babies resembling a well-known person making comments and looking really cute. They will take the voice of the actual person and have the baby moving their mouth and having the exact expressions of the person they are mimicking. There are others where they’re just babies making funny comments. I enjoy them up to the point where I start getting bored. They’re a great addition to our entertainment industry.
Nowadays, we would say these are AI generated. When we say things like that, it comes loaded with a lot of hidden meanings that have been pushed upon us and are being constantly broadcast. When we hear about AI, we are often overcome with fear. We’re afraid of it. We think about how it’s going to morph into a creature that makes us obsolete and replaces us. We think of machines taking over the world. It’s a popular fantasy. It’s not a new fantasy. It’s been around for years in science fiction. If you remember the movie, 2001 Space Odyssey, you have a picture of HAL taking over the spaceship and essentially telling the human he was unessential.
No turn your mind back a few years. Before everybody got used to the threat of AI they might’ve said that something was computer generated or Photoshoped or before that even airbrushed. These terms we got used to and they did not have the threat factor in them.
Keep in mind that one of the reasons why people are making such a big deal about AI is because they want the government to step in and start passing rules and regulations that will “protect us”. There are people out there that always want the government to protect us. Be leery of people who want the government to start regulating anything.
One of the best ways to not be threatened by AI is to work hard in a skill that cannot be duplicated by a series of bits and bites. Use your creativity. Use your uniqueness. Yes, computers can do things which don’t require real judgment. They can drive cars. If programed correctly, they may even design cars. The problem is what kind of car would it design for a computer module? It wouldn’t have air-conditioning and certainly wouldn’t need a stereo.
Keep in mind that phrase from FDR, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”
homo unius libri
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Opus 2025-512: Terms That Manipulate
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Comments are welcome. Feel free to agree or disagree but keep it clean, courteous and short. I heard some shorthand on a podcast: TLDR, Too long, didn't read.