Fake worlds (VR) and fake people (AI)
Written by Stuart Haden on January 14, 2025
One of the main principles of authenticity is managing the potential compromises required, so that we can express ourselves skilfully. The latter part of this principle also needs to consider where we operate. Thus, I define authenticity as ‘expressing ourselves skilfully in the environment around us’.
This gives rise to managing the trade-off between being compliant and defiant.
Too much compliance = fake.
Too much defiance = maverick.
Fakes are often high in skills, but lower in values.
Mavericks are often high in values, but lower in skills.
I read the following posting when it came out in Oct 2024. It both struck me and stuck with me because it explores fake worlds and fake people. A reality on the one hand, but perhaps highlighting the compromises we need to consider when it comes to technology. With so much focus on AI I honestly wasn’t sure whether I should share this, or whether I’ve helped develop any meaning from Ted Gioia’s (The Honest Broker) post. Either way here’s the snippet…
Meta, Microsoft, and Apple lost billions trying to convince us to live in the Matrix. Can you guess what they’re doing next?
Take the advice of MIT professor Daron Acemoglu—who won the Nobel Prize in Economics three weeks ago. He says that ten years from now, AI will have replaced only 5% of tasks.
This Nobel laureate warns that an AI crash is inevitable.
“In VR we go into a fake world to interact with real people. In AI, we remain in the real world but interact with fake people”
