The New Human Rights Are Human Insights
AI fills the chasm between data and insights to offers a path to what really makes us human.
In recent years, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning has revolutionized the way we approach data processing and analytics. With the ability to process massive amounts of data quickly and accurately, AI has become a crucial tool in almost every aspect of life, from home to business.
Yet there’s still a problem.
As the world becomes more data-driven, huge data sets are increasing every day, providing an unprecedented opportunity to unlock insights and knowledge. However, this abundance of data presents a significant challenge, as the limited cognitive capacity of the human brain is not equipped to handle such a vast amount of information. While machines can process, analyze, and learn from enormous data sets, humans are prone to cognitive overload, which hinders their ability to make sense of complex data. This functional disconnect between big data and human cognitive capacity poses a significant obstacle to fully realizing the potential of the information age. As the volume of data continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly important to develop tools and strategies that can help humans manage and interpret the information effectively.
As much as AI has transformed the landscape of data processing, it is still not a complete solution. Rather, it represents a technology middle path between tremendous amounts of data being generated every day and the fundamental quest for human insights to advance society.
To understand this middle path, it is important to first understand the two extremes it connects. On one end, there is the immense and ever-growing volume of data that is available today. With the explosion of the internet, social media, and IoT devices, we have more data at our disposal than ever before. This data can provide valuable insights into everything from consumer behavior to supply chain efficiency. However, the sheer volume of data can also be overwhelming if not insurmountable, making it difficult to sift through and identify meaningful patterns.
On the other end of the spectrum are human insights. Despite the incredible processing power of AI, there are certain things that only humans can do. For example, humans are better at identifying subtle nuances in language, context, and culture. They are also better at interpreting the emotions and motivations behind people’s actions. These insights are essential to mankind and set a course for human evolution and transformation. Our human “in-sight” reflects some fundamental and pure aspect of humanity that comes from “with-in” and helps defines and differentiate carbon from silicon.
So where does AI fit in? AI represents a middle ground between these two extremes. By using machine learning algorithms and natural language processing, AI can quickly analyze vast amounts of data and identify patterns that humans might miss. It can also be used to automate certain tasks, freeing up time for humans to focus on more strategic work. However, AI is not a replacement for human insights. Rather, it is a tool that can help augment and enhance human decision-making.
An almost ubiquitous example of this is the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) language model. GPT is a powerful tool that uses AI to generate natural language text based on a given prompt. It has been trained on vast amounts of data, allowing it to generate text that is both coherent and contextually relevant. However, GPT is not perfect. It can sometimes generate biased or nonsensical text, and it lacks the emotional nuance that humans can bring to language.
By using GPT alongside our human insights, we can gain the best of both worlds. We can use GPT to quickly generate content and identify patterns in large datasets, while relying on human insights to interpret the results and make informed decisions. In this way, AI and GPT represent the connective tissue between the vast amounts of data we have access to and the human insights we need to make sense of it all.
The technology middle path that lies between tremendous amounts of data and human insights is becoming increasingly important in almost every aspect of life, from home to business. AI and GPT represent this middle path, providing a powerful tool for processing and analyzing data, while also augmenting human decision-making. By using these tools alongside human insights, we can gain a deeper understanding of the world around us and make more informed decisions. Yet, and perhaps more importantly, it identifies the unique and special “human cognitive output” that we claim ownership to and becomes the critical point of differentiation between man and machine.
