What humans can do that machines can’t
“Although data can transform how we live, work and think, its usage doesn’t happen in a vacuum — it relies on a model. In one sense, that model is a statistical approach. But in a deeper sense, it is a mental model: a way of looking at the world. So using one ‘frame,’ a rainforest is worth more when it’s cut for timber than when it’s acting as the lungs of the planet.
How we look at the world is essential, to apply AI in useful ways…. We can do things machines cannot because of our capacity for the transcendent…. AI uses information: humans at our best, find answers in the still, small voice within.”
— Kenneth Cukier, 2024
Quaker journalist
Today’s Invitation
Find answers in the still, small voice within.
This Week’s Query
When have you had a spiritual experience that was made possible by technology?
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