“Listen, if we don’t use this, and if we’re not aware of this, if we don’t understand this, this will use us.” The article presents several values and perspectives: The Role of Algorithms: The article highlights the role of algorithms in our lives, discussing both their benefits in making recommendations and their potential pitfalls in making suggestions that can influence our actions.
In the 90’s I remember news stories about how each of us would have a personal AI assistant. When you woke in the morning it would read you your messages and schedule for the day, tell you the weather, give you the daily news, etc. That would have been great if we had been in control of our personal information and been allowed to choose what we wanted served to us each day, but companies like Google were created (by the CIA funded and directed In-Q-Tel) to have us give them our personal data, daily routines, habits, likes and dislikes, contact lists, etc. through free email accounts, calendars, search engines, web browsers, etc. to not only advertise to us, but to construct a personal profile so detailed that it knows more about us than we know about ourselves. That information is fed into an algorithm that not only serves up things that are beneficial but is also used to track and control our behavior.
I have recently been delving into the theory that we are in a very advanced simulation. In our simulation there is an algorithm that acts in the same way that social media and advertising companies like Google, Instagram and TikTok do to feed us content. The algorithm feeds us information that supports our worldview. But if we take control of the algorithm and started telling it to feed us content that is not based upon our previous pattern, like focusing on negative fear porn from the media, dire financial news, which presidential candidate is going to be elected to save us, fear of a nuclear holocaust, WWIII, etc., we can shape our future reality. Instead, we should be focusing on the positive and taking action in the physical world that moves us forward in that direction. This is what Napoleon Hill’s book Think and Grow Rich teaches us, and this is what the movie The Matrix was telling us. Take the red pill. Realize that you are jacked into the simulation; a simulation that is designed to make you believe you are not in a simulation. To be clear, I am not saying that my thinking and action can change the macro-reality I inhabit. I cannot control crime, financial downturns, war, elections, etc. through positive thoughts and actions. There are too many others focused on those issues and driving the algorithm; in reality, the algorithm is influencing society into a negative feedback loop. But it is possible that I can influence my personal bubble by modifying the algorithm.
I'm reading the book Wifi Refugee by Shannon Rowan which I highly recommend. In it, she retells several other peoples' stories of being electro-sensitive refugees. Many of them have learned valuable lessons about technology, its use, and manifesting. Firstly, if we use the technology, we are just supporting an Industry that is using us in a negative way. Where do you want to spend your energy? your attention? Isn't our attention a powerful currency? AI is not a "given". Nothing is. There is value in learning how to write and use language by your own trial and error, to "see" how the use of different language manifests in reality, and then learn to change your language based on the reality you have manifested. This has been my own experience writing down my affirmations. I find that the Universe responds quite literally and I have had to adjust my desires. That is the beauty of learning. Anyone who has trained for anything understands this kind of learning. It takes time for the brain and body to absorb the new information into the subconscious. AI can never replace this.
In the 90’s I remember news stories about how each of us would have a personal AI assistant. When you woke in the morning it would read you your messages and schedule for the day, tell you the weather, give you the daily news, etc. That would have been great if we had been in control of our personal information and been allowed to choose what we wanted served to us each day, but companies like Google were created (by the CIA funded and directed In-Q-Tel) to have us give them our personal data, daily routines, habits, likes and dislikes, contact lists, etc. through free email accounts, calendars, search engines, web browsers, etc. to not only advertise to us, but to construct a personal profile so detailed that it knows more about us than we know about ourselves. That information is fed into an algorithm that not only serves up things that are beneficial but is also used to track and control our behavior.
I have recently been delving into the theory that we are in a very advanced simulation. In our simulation there is an algorithm that acts in the same way that social media and advertising companies like Google, Instagram and TikTok do to feed us content. The algorithm feeds us information that supports our worldview. But if we take control of the algorithm and started telling it to feed us content that is not based upon our previous pattern, like focusing on negative fear porn from the media, dire financial news, which presidential candidate is going to be elected to save us, fear of a nuclear holocaust, WWIII, etc., we can shape our future reality. Instead, we should be focusing on the positive and taking action in the physical world that moves us forward in that direction. This is what Napoleon Hill’s book Think and Grow Rich teaches us, and this is what the movie The Matrix was telling us. Take the red pill. Realize that you are jacked into the simulation; a simulation that is designed to make you believe you are not in a simulation. To be clear, I am not saying that my thinking and action can change the macro-reality I inhabit. I cannot control crime, financial downturns, war, elections, etc. through positive thoughts and actions. There are too many others focused on those issues and driving the algorithm; in reality, the algorithm is influencing society into a negative feedback loop. But it is possible that I can influence my personal bubble by modifying the algorithm.
I'm reading the book Wifi Refugee by Shannon Rowan which I highly recommend. In it, she retells several other peoples' stories of being electro-sensitive refugees. Many of them have learned valuable lessons about technology, its use, and manifesting. Firstly, if we use the technology, we are just supporting an Industry that is using us in a negative way. Where do you want to spend your energy? your attention? Isn't our attention a powerful currency? AI is not a "given". Nothing is. There is value in learning how to write and use language by your own trial and error, to "see" how the use of different language manifests in reality, and then learn to change your language based on the reality you have manifested. This has been my own experience writing down my affirmations. I find that the Universe responds quite literally and I have had to adjust my desires. That is the beauty of learning. Anyone who has trained for anything understands this kind of learning. It takes time for the brain and body to absorb the new information into the subconscious. AI can never replace this.