Is the Apple Vision Pro bringing "non-essential" technology?

In the wave of AI development, many people worry that AI will develop to exceed the level of human intelligence, but there is also a concern about the abuse of mediocre artificial intelligence. If the conclusions or effects of mediocre artificial intelligence are not only not doubted, but also over-referenced in policy making, it may cause a lot of unfair consequences.

Virginia Eubanks, an American political scientist, wrote in Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor examines how the spread of AI technology could exacerbate existing poverty and injustice, and cases are happening around the world. Police departments in the United States, for example, will use predictive analytics software to patrol and search low-income neighborhoods more frequently. If ChatGPT is used as a decision-making information source, will it exacerbate existing systemic injustices and cause greater harm to the vulnerable groups in society?

AI and the Ethics of Love: Can technology alleviate loneliness?

Dong Ziqi: Recently, I saw the news that Internet celebrities at home and abroad made their own images, friend circles, and voice into AI and sold them to dating apps. Through the customized service, users can treat the influencer as their girlfriend, chat with her, share their observations, ask her for advice, and browse her social status. Some people say that this is the real version of the movie "HER", you can fall into sincere pure love with her, listen to her say love you with a sexy voice. Still, while engaging with you, she will also be saying "I love you" to thousands of paying men. Does this really alleviate loneliness? Is there any purity in mass-copied love? Maybe it's like the song says, "Love a person without a brain, just take what you need."

On the dark side of artificial intelligence transformation, think of George Sanders a thriller novel "Semplica girl", the beginning of the story has a suspense, many people want to install SG in the courtyard, and regard it as a symbol of wealth, but the novel does not explain what SG is, and later revealed that SG is the abbreviation of Semplica girl. They are poor girls smuggled from backward countries, and after a makeover, they can be used as decorations in the gardens of the rich, swaying gently in the wind. The ethics of AI modification have been presented in many works, such as the modified animal series in Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - intelligent raccoons, wheeled walruses, and minions - and the game Detroit Transformation, which features weaponized, mutilated humans that can only be held in prison. When the picture is aimed at them, I can't help but feel a strong sense of discomfort.

Raccoons in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Photo credit: Douban Film

Pan Wenjie: What Zi Qi said about using other people's AI voice is a little similar to fan creation? Fan creation is also pointed out that it may be illegal, for example, Jiangnan wrote "The Boy Here" was prosecuted by Jin Yong, mainly because of the high sales after the listing, there are great economic interests. If someone uses Stefanie Sun's AI voice to sell money, I think it may have to consider the legal issues.

But what about ordinary people's enclosure? When my CP was used by someone else to create a chorus with AI sounds, I just felt happy and applauded. If there is no competition with the original owner, is there no big problem? Moreover, now the top AI synthetic sound on the market, high-tech traces still exist, can not avoid professional voice recognition technology to fake the real, so even if AI does something that should not be done, it will still be caught.

Yin Qinglu: I think there is a problem of scale. Taking artificial intelligence CP chorus is harmless emotional comfort, but AI girlfriend touches the subjectivity, your belief in love will also face collapse. Another example is the use of AI to resurrect loved ones, which seems to bring salvation, but is this salvation too false and harmful? Ken Liu's novels explore this theme. It is also like the dynamic photo of the little girls sitting around blowing birthday candles in the Apple Vision Pro promotional film, which reminds me of Dr. Anna Sterling, the designer of replicator memory in Blade Runner 2049. She can construct flowers and trees and even beautiful snow, and also replicates the memory of blowing birthday candles. It looked very touching, but Anna had to be trapped in a sterile quarantine because she was ill. So it begs the question: Is it really worth it?