Lecture on Cognitive Sedentarism and AI

Introduction

• Speaker: Discusses personal experience using Waze and other algorithms.
• Example: How blindly following Waze led to a neglect of personal desires and choices.

Issues with Algorithm Dependency

• Personal Insight: Assumed the goal of reaching destinations quickly without questioning personal desires.
• Entertainment Algorithms: Instagram and TikTok controlling time spent, leading to loss of time management.

Concept of Cognitive Sedentarism

• Definition: A new risk of letting AI manage all thinking and decision-making.
• Concern: Technology might replace natural brain processes.

Opportunities and Risks of AI

• Potential: AI can open new opportunities if used correctly.
• Example: A teaching method where students use ChatGPT to review and learn from AI corrections.
  • Students write compositions, review AI suggestions, and decide whether to accept or reject them.

Illustrative Exercise

• Scenario: Comparing survival abilities of a modern human versus a caveman in each other's time.
  • Caveman Adapting to Present: Difficulties but potentially survivable.
  • Modern Human in Past: Likely to not survive due to lack of basic survival skills.

Conclusion

• Main Point: Every time technology is used, certain skills may be lost.
• Wisdom in AI Era: Not just about knowing how to use AI, but when to resist using it.
• Key to Balance: Maintaining imperfections and personal decision-making to avoid becoming overly reliant on technology.

Closing

• Final Thought: Live a life that is not overly optimized by algorithms to retain human essence.
• Audience Interaction: Audience applause signifies agreement or appreciation.