Key take aways from Floridi, Luciano, 2017, ‘Digital’s Cleaving Power and Its Consequences’, _Philosophy & Technology 30, 123-129. _
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-017-0259-1
Opening phrase ''The digital is deeply transforming reality''
i would like to look at how digital world is transforming reality - also what is the developers role in this process.
rather than list reasons with rational conclusions the writer has taken the approach of looking at the historical and then the futuristic!
the writer has said that In each case, the answer is far from trivial and definitely open to debate. But has not fully explained why.
this article explains world-pictures that are contemporaneous with our own (relativism) as well as those that are sequential or universally true.
there was also an article from the image above: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/02/whats-the-point-of-degrees-if-jobs-become-automated-how-to-stay-motivated-amid-ais-rapid-acceleration
I read this article on the doom of ai destroying the futures of young people...The article focuses heavily on the anxieties young people, like Robert, experience in the face of AI and automation, but having looked at it i can see immediately that it does present a relatively *one-sided perspective. *
Here is why...
...it doesn't delve into the broad spectrum of new opportunities that may arise in entirely new fields driven by AI - it seems to be focusing more on the human-duty - but understandably.
... The article suggests ai will replace workers, but it doesn't say enough about human-AI collaboration. There are many roles emerging where humans are required to guide, train, and enhance AI systems. I will like to list a few and assess how ethical they are ....
Nuanced—AI augmenting rather than replacing human work—is something to explore deeply!
... it could also highlight fields like education, healthcare, and the arts where human touch and ethical considerations are required more comprehensively. Even with automation, empathy, care, and moral judgment are unlikely to be fully outsourced to AI - although i will explore the ethics of inventors who are attempting to defy.
...There’s no significant discussion about how lifelong learning is becoming a new norm. While some traditional career paths may become obsolete, the growing accessibility of online courses and training allows workers to re-skill in real-time, which could be framed as empowering, not disempowering... i think i should also analyse the ethics of requiring workers to perpetually train withought the guarentee of sustainable work thereafter as it could be seen as misleading people.
...The conversation is largely focused on individual psychological resilience and how its not looking to be successful for many youth - mental health has risen for example - there are many people who have confessed to struggling - but, it also is clear that little attention or accountability is being given to how governments, institutions, and companies need to reshape educational systems or provide support (which is why they exist after all). Social safety nets, universal basic income, or government-driven retraining programs could provide stability amid these transitions, but the article focuses solely on personal agency which i feel is wrong.
...The article could have explored the fact that automation will impact sectors differently... there are white papers and reports which might offer further insights - but high-tech fields may see AI as an enabler... contrastingly, in manual labor, healthcare, or creative industries, the timeline and scope of automation might look very different.... from an ethical point of view this should be thoroughly assessed - but it is very broad.... the views held by Robert’s listed in his concerns within the article are probably not as universal as he has implied they might be.
In some ways, i can agree that the article does a ok job of addressing the emotional /psychological effects of automation but i also have considered that it neglects the potential positives of AI-human collaboration, the emergence of new industries, and the broader role of structural and societal responses to these changes.
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