Jabrils on AI and Zoomer Loneliness

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Jabrils is more than grilled cheese. He’s uniquely positioned to weigh in on everything from what artificial intelligence will do for us – and to us – in the future, to how technology affects our basic humanity. The most pressing major effect seems to be increased loneliness among young people. What is fundamentally different about online interactions?

Entropy guides Jabrils’ thoughts, with the good and the bad bouncing around to create a sense of order. It sounds like we need a healthy balance of both – otherwise it’s too easy to create silos of personality which lure us in like the sirens, and then crash us on the rocks of being an NPC.

Jabrils reminds us that all of this is at the core an endeavor stemming from human creations, whether it’s data sets or algorithms. What happens when a self-driving Tesla meets a horse and buggy?

If AI and tech depends on what we feed into it, everything from languages to marginal personalities and cultures is probably on their way out. Is that a vote for or against a mosquito eradication? And what about the panda volcels?

We jump into a philosophical discussion about what constitutes AI art, and whether providing prompts for software is actually creative. Is DALL-E art? Will we get a DALL-E for music?

After talking a bit of sportsball, Jabrils explains that he’ll always be relevant because we need people to understand all this information and apply it on a practical level – and that education is what will prevent a dystopian future. We wrap up with simple, powerful advice: try everything, and don’t be afraid to be wrong.

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