Start from imagination, stop by imagination

Grant 2022-09-30 19:00:58

In 1990, my mother took me to see an amusement park similar to an exhibition called "Datang West Amusement Park". The lighting, environment, and sound effects set off one after another with distant scenes, which made me scream when I was only in the single digits. Crying, and now I think about it, probably not being scared by those plastic people, but helplessness in a dark environment, affected by the musty air in a claustrophobic space, so I feel so upset and want to escape. But the paradise was not doing well. At least to this day, I still remember the roughness of the props and the mechanical sense of the action design. People are almost watching the flowers, there is no substitution and no fun.

But 17 years before that environment was created, Western World movies had appeared, which means that in some parts of the earth, artificial intelligence is no longer a fantasy. Artificial intelligence and human beings live in harmony from imagination to reality. But endless development has brought more troubles. From ET to artificial intelligence to Silver Wing Angels, they all reveal the hidden worries of human beings, that is, they want to break away from reality and fear that artificial intelligence will surpass humans. How can we handle this scale?

Maybe we are not in the flow of technology. Such worries seem to be just a development trend imagined by geniuses, but we still find the development of technology within the scope of great control, the direction is convenience and efficiency in life, and Digital technology that saves time, energy and space.

But can humans really prevent technology from taking over the world? The answer is obviously no. No matter what we need is technology to replace manpower to complete a large number of and tedious mechanical work, or to turn distance into a one-second communication method, the lazier human beings, the more help from technology is needed.

So I think that the biggest worry for scientists is nothing more than the replacement of human beings with machines—emotions and feelings. The protagonist in "She" is deeply trapped in the emotional vortex of artificial intelligence. This is probably not impossible. Even if artificial intelligence is just a fixed program set up, it seems that for humans, it will still sink unconsciously, because we want to What I want is the bridge segment I imagined, the sense of satisfaction, need, and presence at each moment of communication.

Yes, artificial intelligence is a kind of illusion created by humans using human emotions, inspired by imagination; and if you are still afraid of it controlling the world after all, then please stop development and let humans return to the crowd, to communicate, to feel, and finally to imagine, Back to nature.

View more about Westworld reviews

Extended Reading

Westworld quotes

  • John Blane: There's no way to get hurt in here, just enjoy yourself.

  • Black Knight: [as the guest picks up a piece of leftovers from one of the banquet hall tables] Hold varlet!

    Medieval Knight: Are you speaking to me?

    Black Knight: None other, sire.

    Medieval Knight: Look, I'm hungry and I...

    Black Knight: [impatiently swiping the guest's helmet off the table with his broadsword, then pointing the sword menacingly at the guest] Prepare for thy doom, thou scurrilous knave, huh?

    Medieval Knight: [backing up] Now, wait a minute. Ah, uh, can't we talk this over?

    Black Knight: What? Have you no spine, varlet?

    Medieval Knight: Well, I...