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AI Is Already Shaping Who We Are
This spring, every graduation speech seemed to pick a side on AI.
TL;DR
- AI influences daily decisions, from navigation and communication to news consumption and product recommendations.
- We are often influenced by AI without our awareness, impacting our moods and information intake.
- The conversation around AI has focused on attention and creativity, but the deeper impact on self-knowledge is overlooked.
- AI-generated text is influencing everyday language, introducing new words into our vocabulary.
- Personalized content, calibrated for individual engagement, shapes our identities more than mass media did.
- We seek external validation for self-definition through quizzes and algorithmic outputs like Spotify Wrapped.
- The 'Algorithmic Self' describes identity co-constructed through recommendations rather than reflection.
- There's a risk of losing the capacity for self-definition, value formation, and decision-making due to unseen AI systems.