When the Sumerians invented writing, we transferred data storage to clay tablets, and with the calculator, we automated arithmetic operations. However, until this era, the processes we delegated to external sources were only the executive and mechanical functions of the mind; technology served merely as an external database or a mechanical extension. Even though we handed over physical strength or memory capacity to tools, the cognitive control mechanism, analytical reasoning, and judgmental power always belonged to humans. In this age, however, for the first time, we are handing over the decision-making mechanism and the functions of the frontal cortex to algorithms. Rather than technology being an extension of us, we face the risk of humanity suspending its own mental functions and turning into organic extensions of artificial intelligence—just like the passive subjects simulated in those pods in The Matrix. Those who cannot step out of this comfort zone and form a rational partnership with the machine to adopt the Centaur model will willingly surrender the most fundamental ability that makes humans human: the power of deep thinking with free will. submitted by /u/Riisuss
Originally posted by u/Riisuss on r/ArtificialInteligence