October 2024 CACM: AI Should Challenge, Not Obey

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Summary

TLDRVideoen diskuterer rollen til AI som en provokatør i kritisk tenkning, og kontrasterer vanlige fremstillinger av AI som enten en frelser eller en trussel. Den fremhever hvordan AI kan forbedre våre tenkeprosesser i stedet for bare å automatisere oppgaver, og understreker viktigheten av kritisk tenkning i navigering av komplekse ideer.

Takeaways

  • 🤔 AI som provokatør kan forbedre kritisk tenkning.
  • 📚 Sokrates' metode med spørsmål kan brukes av AI.
  • ⚖️ AI fremstilles ofte som enten frelser eller trussel.
  • 🔍 Generativ AI skifter fokus fra produksjon til integrasjon.
  • 💡 Mekanisk konvergens fører til liknende ideer blant brukere.
  • 🎓 AI kan hjelpe studenter med å tenke kritisk.
  • 🛠️ Utviklere kan integrere verktøy for kritisk tenkning i AI.
  • 🌐 Kritisk tenkning er viktig i en kompleks idéverden.
  • 📖 Les mer i 'AI should challenge not obey' artikkelen.
  • 🔗 AI kan hjelpe oss med å navigere i komplekse proposisjoner.

Timeline

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    Sokrates brukte en metode for filosofi der han stilte spørsmål for å plante tvil og forvirring, og hjelpe folk til å nærme seg emner på forskjellige måter. Dette kan sammenlignes med hvordan AI kan fungere som en provokatør, som oppfordrer til dypere tenkning. Media fremstiller ofte AI som enten en frelser eller en trussel, men AI som provokatør viser hvordan det kan hjelpe oss å tenke bedre og gjøre bedre arbeid. Studier viser at generativ AI fører til en overgang fra produksjon til integrasjon, der vi ikke lenger fysisk produserer innhold, men integrerer det. Det er også en tendens til at ideene som produseres blir mer like, noe som kalles mekanisert konvergens. For å utvikle AI som provokatør, kan vi bruke teknikker fra utdanning som stiller kognitive spørsmål for å fremme kritisk tenkning. Dette er viktig for å navigere i en verden av ideer og utvikle autentiske svar. Systemutviklere har muligheten til å integrere verktøy for kritisk tenkning i generativ AI, ettersom vi i dag bruker programvare til mye av vår tenkning.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the main idea of the video?

    The video discusses AI as a provocator that enhances critical thinking rather than just automating tasks.

  • How does Socrates' method relate to AI?

    Socrates used questioning to provoke deeper thought, similar to how AI can encourage critical thinking.

  • What are the two extremes of AI portrayal?

    AI is portrayed as either a savior that solves all problems or a threat that causes suffering.

  • What are the two findings about generative AI mentioned?

    1. A shift from production to integration of ideas. 2. Mechanized convergence leading to similar ideas among users.

  • How can AI help in education?

    AI can ask guiding questions to promote critical thinking among students.

  • What is the significance of critical thinking?

    Critical thinking helps navigate a world filled with complex ideas and propositions.

  • What opportunity do system developers have?

    They can integrate critical thinking tools into generative AI.

  • Where can I find more information on this topic?

    In the article 'AI should challenge not obey' in the October 2024 Communications of the ACM.

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    Socrates who in some ways is the arch
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    provocator had this this method of doing
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    philosophy where he would ask you
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    question after question after question
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    and the objective of that was to plant
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    some seeds of doubt and confusion but
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    also help you approach that topic in
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    different ways and the process of this
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    repeated questioning ultimate should
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    lead to something that's closer to the
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    truth and that's really what I mean by
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    AI as a provocator how can AI play that
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    same role of provoking you to think more
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    deeply about what you're
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    doing the media typically portray AI as
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    one of two extremes the first is AI as
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    our savior it's going to solve all our
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    problems it's a Panacea and On The Other
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    Extreme you have the Doom and Gloom the
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    AI that's going to take over the world
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    that is going to cause Untold misery in
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    humans
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    suffering and I think this AI as a
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    provocator perspective is important
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    because it illustrates a way in which AI
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    doesn't just do our work for us but it
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    actually helps us think better and do
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    better work as a
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    result recent studies about knowledge
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    work and generative AI have shown quite
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    a few things but I want to highlight two
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    of
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    them the first is a move from production
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    to integration and what that simply
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    means is that instead of physically
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    producing stuff instead of physically
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    typing out text generative AI handles
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    that production for you so we're no
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    longer producing stuff but we're
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    integrating
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    stuff the second thing is called
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    mechanized convergence again this simply
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    means that when people use generative AI
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    to do their work they tend to produce a
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    smaller range of ideas and they tend to
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    produce ideas that look similar to the
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    other people who have also used
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    generative
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    AI how should we build AI as a
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    provocator well that's precisely the
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    research question that I'm setting out
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    in this
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    paper in education people have been
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    thinking quite carefully about how do we
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    teach students to think
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    critically some of the techniques that
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    they've developed there such as asking
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    matter cognitive guiding questions are
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    the kinds of techniques that we can
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    start
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    from so while somebody is reading a
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    document from time to time you can ask
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    them a question such as what have you
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    understood from the text so far or what
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    is the evidence that the author is using
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    to make their claims and that's supposed
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    to trigger greater critical thinking and
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    that's what AI as a provocator can do
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    rather than just help you finish your
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    task it is really important to develop
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    critical thinking because we inhabit a
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    world of ideas of statements of
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    propositions and the way that we can
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    meaningfully navigate this world of
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    propositions and develop authentic
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    responses is through the skill of
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    critical
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    thinking system developers have a
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    tremendous opportunity to integrate
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    critical thinking tools into generative
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    Ai and this is because we use software
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    to do so much of our thinking these
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    days find out more in AI should
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    challenge not obey an opinion article in
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    the October 2024 Communications of the
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    ACM
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Tags
  • AI
  • kritisk tenkning
  • Sokrates
  • generativ AI
  • utdanning
  • produksjon
  • integrasjon
  • mekanisk konvergens
  • spørsmål
  • teknologi