Please stop the half baked science and technology including AI

[sravna]

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We have always prided on how we have been creative and inventive in reaching the advances we are seeing today. But are they real advances? A deeper look will say it is the opposite. We have managed to advance only at the expense of mother nature. We have already spoilt earth. With our space missions we are determined to spoil the outer space too. One day or other this will have irreparable and irreversible repercussions. But we are not worried as usual. If something works now we are more than happy with that.

The technology to top it all is AI. After spoiling the physical realm we are seriously into spoiling both the physical and mental realm. Science and technology are indeed welcome but only when the consequences of them are well thought of. In a rush to commercialize and get instant fame we gloss over the consequences and let out half baked science and technology into the market.

When will we learn anything at all?

 

[sravna]

When I talk of space missions I am not talking of the chandrayaan mission but how current science and technology work to the net detriment of society and nature.

There is no hurry. We dont want a singularity of technology by 2030 or so. Let the inventions be well thought out not only of their capabilities to solve a particular problem but also long term and side consequences.

 

[Kashyap.E]

Please stop the half baked science and technology including AI

Political power comes from the barrel of a gun - thoughts of Mao Xedong.
China's dream to rule the world will become a reality through AI engineering - thoughts of Xi Jinping.

At least in India with an ambitious China as neighbour, we just cant afford to ignore AI. We are already lagging behind by several years and in fact there is an immediate need to accelerate

And almost everything in Science starts as less than 10% baked. Progress towards maturity (at least in Science and Tecnology) happens through trial and error. To quote just one example, the earliest computers were created using thousands of vacuum tubes and occupied entire buildings which conked out due to overheating most of the time. If the creators had given up on this as less than half baked, we would not have the reliable laptops and smart phones that we use today.