@urlyman

A thoughtful set of reflections, thank you. You urge us (and yourself) to accept that we live in an era of impurity, and to look out for the good strands in the work of those who submit to the evils of genAI.

I will try to learn from your reflections. Not sure whether I can accept those flirtations with the genAI devil. For me the key word is not Purity but Authenticity. Personal authenticity, human agency, personhood --- these are under unprecedented attack and people seem to enjoy it and celebrate it. But you are right, each of us is one big mess of contradictions and I must remain open to those around me.

I have always been a follower of Martin Buber's contradistinction of "I and Thou" vs "It and He". First and second person, not third and third person. Those who understood this distinction have always been in a minority, so perhaps the current moral catastrophy is just part of an ongoing forever-catastrophy!

#noAI#noLLM #authenticity#Buber#IandThou

…I say this as a precursor to reporting on my listening to a conversation that I was uneasy about, but which I am finding rewarding (so far).

On the podcasts that I frequently listen to and the people whose writing on the ‘polycrisis’ that I most often read, one of the names that comes up again and again is Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, usually referencing Hospicing Modernity.

And I’m aware that she has subsequently “co-written a book with ChatGPT”.

Which brings me to…

@urlyman all we can do is attempt, imperfectly, to arrive at broadly collective course corrections, far too slowly, and frustratingly, and attempt not to forget the planks in our own eyes