Our species have a long history of delegating work to machines, as well as animals, of various sorts.
For the most part we do the delegation without much thinking. We turn on an air conditioner when a room becomes to hot. We wash dishes in a dish washer. We drive cars, etc. We treat most of the machines we use as black boxes. We don't want to open them up unless they misbehave or stop working.
I'm of the view that treating generative AI like that, is neither sensible nor wise.
I've recently set up a small Zulip site for folk interested in AI and education as well as AI and research in the sciences of the social. Email me if you'd like to join.
When I was inviting folk, my invite looked a bit ho hum. So I asked ChatGPT to "write an invitation to join a social media platform for conversations about AI, ChatGPT in the style of a Star wars script"
ChatGPT replied:
Once upon a time in a galaxy not so far away, a group of rebels sought to create a space for open and intelligent conversation about the fast-advancing world of artificial intelligence. They called this platform ChatGPT, and they invite you to join them in their quest to explore the potential of AI and discuss its implications for the future.
Come and join us, brave warrior, as we delve into the mysteries of machine learning and share our insights and opinions with like-minded individuals. Together, we can learn from each other and push the boundaries of what is possible with AI.
The Force is strong with ChatGPT, and we hope you will join us in our mission to uncover the secrets of this fascinating technology. May the AI be with you!
It did well apart from not knowing the name of the platform or site which it happily just made up.
I'm interested in what I think of as the complementary skills/knowledge that a user needs in order to use generative AI. This is not a trivial task.
The work is informed by a paper written by Bruno Latour: Latour, B. (1992). Where are the missing masses? Sociology of a few mundane artifacts. In W. Bijker & J. Law (Eds.), Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studies in Sociological Change (pp. 225-258). MIT Press. http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/50-MISSING-MASSES-GB.pdf