The New Shemot of Consciousness

Yesterday, after programming, I started watching an online conference on AI. I listened to several presentations, and something stayed with me.

Not because I disagreed with everything. On the contrary: some things were interesting. But precisely because of that, I realised something important: the direction in which many AI gurus want to move is not mine.

They speak a great deal about productivity, efficiency, augmented creativity, new forms of work, new opportunities. All of that exists. I do not deny it. But I feel that the deeper question is missing.

The question is not only:

What can AI do for us?

The real question is:

What kind of human being begins to form when their consciousness grows surrounded by AI systems?

In the past, a child was shaped mainly by their parents, their family, the school, the city, the country, the........

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