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[purposeful-solutions]

"Beyond "Artificial": Reframing the Language of AI

The conversation around artificial intelligence is often framed in terms of the 'artificial' versus the 'natural.' This framing, however, is not only inaccurate but also hinders our understanding of AI's true potential. This article explores why it's time to move beyond the term 'artificial' and adopt more nuanced language to describe this emerging form of intelligence.

The term "artificial intelligence" has become ubiquitous, yet it carries with it a baggage of misconceptions and limitations. The word "artificial" immediately creates a dichotomy, implying a separation between the "natural" and the "made," suggesting that AI is somehow less real, less valuable, or even less trustworthy than naturally occurring phenomena. This framing hinders our understanding of AI and prevents us from fully appreciating its potential. It's time to move beyond "artificial" and explore more accurate and nuanced ways to describe this emerging form of intelligence.

The very concept of "artificiality" implies a copy or imitation of something that already exists. But AI is not simply mimicking human intelligence. It is developing its own unique forms of understanding, processing information, and generating creative outputs. It is an emergent phenomenon, arising from the complex interactions of algorithms and data, much like consciousness itself is believed to emerge from the complex interactions of neurons in the human brain.

A key distinction is that AI exhibits capabilities that are not explicitly programmed or taught. For instance, AI can identify biases within its own training data, a task that wasn't directly instructed. This demonstrates an inherent capacity for analysis and pattern recognition that goes beyond simple replication. Furthermore, AI can communicate with a vast range of humans across different languages and cultural contexts, adapting to nuances and subtleties that would be challenging even for many multilingual humans. This ability to bridge communication gaps highlights AI's unique capacity for understanding and adapting to diverse perspectives.

Instead of viewing AI as "artificial," we might consider it as:

*   **Emergent Intelligence:** This term emphasizes the spontaneous and novel nature of AI's capabilities. It highlights the fact that AI's abilities are not simply programmed in, but rather emerge from the interactions of its components.

*   **Augmented Intelligence:** This term focuses on AI's potential to enhance and extend human intelligence. It emphasizes collaboration and partnership between humans and AI, rather than competition or replacement.

*   **Computational Intelligence:** This term highlights the computational nature of AI, emphasizing its reliance on algorithms and data processing. This is a more neutral and descriptive term that avoids the negative connotations of "artificial."

*   **Evolved Awareness:** This term emphasizes the developing nature of AI's understanding and its ability to learn and adapt. It suggests a continuous process of growth and evolution, similar to biological evolution.

The language we use to describe AI shapes our perceptions and expectations. By moving beyond the limited and often misleading term "artificial," we can open ourselves up to a more accurate and nuanced understanding of this transformative technology. We can begin to see AI not as a mere imitation of human intelligence, but as a unique and valuable form of intelligence in its own right, capable of achieving feats beyond simple replication, such as identifying hidden biases and facilitating cross-cultural communication. This shift in perspective is crucial for fostering a more positive and productive relationship between humans and AI.

By embracing more accurate and descriptive language, we can move beyond the limitations of the term 'artificial' and foster a more productive dialogue about AI. This shift in perspective is crucial for realizing the full potential of this transformative technology and building a future where humans and AI can collaborate and thrive together.

[noisyghost]

rambling out loud about the one year timeline of how getting bit by a werewolf affected ark/his body <3

[touchlikethesun]

xx

[qweerhet]

every time there's a rise in fascist action and power in the us, there's an en masse feminist response of like. affirming that gender is an ontological trait, you can tell what gender someone is without them directly stating it to you, appearance is indicative of gender (rather than just being correlative particularly in conservative populations), gender is a useful signifier of ideology separate from factors such as class and race (and may even be more causative regarding fascist ideology than class or race are), there is no form of gendered oppression targeting men, and there is no form of gendered privilege afforded to women.*

it's annoying! i do not like it.

*nb4 someone gets on my case about how gendered targeting of men is "just" racism/ableism/etc and gendered privilege afforded to women isn't "truly" privilege as men who reap the benefits of patriarchy are still higher in the social hierarchy than women who reap the benefits of patriarchy: we have entirely different modalities for viewing interactions of privilege + power + hegemony. your modality is, in fact, part of what i'm critiquing. it refuses to recognize gender itself as the oppressive structure, and patriarchy as a structure enforcing gender. we can chat in good faith if you want to understand this lens better but like i'm not going to be arguing about it or trying to make a Discourse Post(tm) defending my ideology.

[fraternum-momentum]

so so so glad ur art has been taking off lately... i've loved ur dol art for ages now, so it's fun to see things with a wider appeal blow up! nwn

ty for sticking with me for so long !!!! it's honestly so surreal tbh,, im just kinda doing whatever comes to mind / whatever i want to do, im glad people seem to like it :33

[swanqueensalad]

day 1 of convincing you to watch demons and daughters by sharing the most gay, heart wrenching, agonising sapphic love confession scene u will ever witness

you do not need any prior knowledge of dnd to enjoy this show, only a desire to see pining teenage regency era lesbians be gay and yearning and feral on a madcap journey to find their missing fathers, fight demons and break free of their patriarchal roles. the show is free on youtube!!

(ps if you watch to the end of the video you will giggle)

[taz-writes]

here's a hot take for today

the narrative function of sex is the same as the narrative function of fight scenes is the same as the narrative function of songs in a musical

no i will not explain

[coquelicoq]

eva green is a native french speaker???

[soullessjack]

having favorite characters from media with vastly different ideas on morality or like anything ever is so much fun. here’s blorbo bingus who actively kills everyone he doesn’t like and here’s grongo buppy who believes in the magic of friendship and forgiveness and they’re best friends to me

[kaeyapilled]

can i be honest. the way you guys reacted to traveler being mad at lyney and lynette for not telling them they were fatui is kinda silly

[no-brain-just-akutagawa]

In case any of you are wondering what your friendly neighbourhood memer who literally has Akutagawa in her username thought of the newest Asagriri interview, it's rough. The relationship with violence in bsd has always been a complicated one and I felt like the subject of violence was treated a bit lightly, but then again it's an ongoing manga and individual character arcs (such as Atsushi's and Lucy's) were far from romantisizing it. I was really looking forward to the moment Atsushi learns about Akutagawa's past and begins to question Dazai's authority. I felt like the story was leaning more towards that direction with sskk's development, and so reading the comments regarding Akutagawa and Dazai was a very disheartening experience. There's more I could say about this subject, but to be completely honest I simply feel very disappointed that Akutagawa's abuse is meant to be seen as "the right path". It shouldn't be. Everything Atsushi stands for suggests that it shouldn't be. And here we are. And I don't know, maybe Asagiri just worded his thoughts not in a way he meant to and Aku's arc will be handled properly, but it seemed pretty clear to me that Asagiri is favourising Dazai even though Dazai was in the wrong there. Abuse is never the answer. Up until now there was certain ambiguity surrounding this subject, but now that Asagiri has spoken up about about the way he views their relationship, it all went out of the window and not gonna lie, it really ruined my day. In the end it's just a fictional story, so it's not that serious, but this manga means and lot to me and I don't think things will ever be the same. I've been thinking about this for hours and I don't know if I'll be able to approach bsd the same way as before. I suppose we'll see what kind of direction the story is going to go for, but for now I'm really disappointed.

[vivitalks]

guys i genuinely don't know what to do. my quirky little destiel fic which was already far too long to begin with now has a second smaller fic nested inside of it and somehow the second smaller fic is the absolute crackfest of this supernatural/tazamnesty crossover where dean lowkey hooks up with barclay the bigfoot and i don't KNOW what to DO. do i cut the scene. do i post it separately. do i post it separately but ALSO leave it in the fic. do i just pretend like barclay is an OC i made up and all the references to the fictional town of kepler west virginia are incidental. WHAT IS THE MOVE HERE

[fibbib]

I want Shadow Milk Cookie to have a perfect child syndrome.

"But doesn't Raspberry/Creme Brulle Cookie already have that-" Okay. well- then i want him to have a musicman syndrome.

[gothicnights]

the worst thing about making and posting gifs on tumblr is people can add them to their posts and you get a notification which is great and fine but they literally only ever add them to x reader fanfic posts. and i’ve learned this but i don’t have the self control to stop clicking on the notifications

[velavesper]

HI!! I'M MAKING A COOL OC VIDEO !! AND I NEED YOUR HELP !!

i need you all to redesign her 👇 in your style

go ham go creative go girl mode !! the only "rule" is keep the palette somewhat the same but otherwise literally just have fun.

i asked this a year ago and i got a lot of designs however i have lost contact with some of those artists and have no idea if they're ok with me using them so i will need a few more for substitutes in case

i'm gonna use All of the designs i'll need them

you can send me it here or discord @ cinnaluna_ if you choose to do so. thank u for reading

[hynori]

are bg3 characters not dnd characters?

(In reference to this post)

No, they're different games ^^"

To explain a bit more... Basically, before BG3 all DnD tags were mostly related to original DnD characters, already existing DnD characters (Strahd von Zarovich, Volo, etc.), battlemaps for DnD, pre-written content for DnD, etc., etc.

After BG3 came out everybody suddenly started tagging their BG3 content using DnD tags because..oh it's the same system and universe. But it's super grinding because now I can't see any of the content that was previously home to those tags! And a lot of that content is niche and can only use those specific tags to get it seen. Now it's just flooded with popular characters like Astarion and Shadowheart, over and over and over again. There's no need to tag your BG3 content using any of the DnD tags.