Fear is our worst enemy. The demon of fear does not like us to resolve problems. Are you afraid that you will be thrown out on the street because you do not have money to pay the rent? Okay, might they throw you out? So what? Do you by any chance know what new doors will be opened for you? Intuition knows it and that is why the intuitive person is not afraid. Intuition dissolves problems. Are you afraid of losing your job? Okay, you might lose it, so what? Do you by any chance know what new job there will be for you? Intuition knows it and that is why the intuitive person is not afraid. When the battle of thought ceases, intuition is born and fear ends. Intuition dissolves problems no matter how difficult they may be. —Samael Aun Weor, Revolution of the Dialectic
Vedanta in a Nutshell
I express in half a verse what has been said in scores of books: Brahman is real, the world is phenomenal (unreal) and the soul (Jiva) is none else than Brahman. Sri Sankara
Artificial Intilligence
Before we talk about artificial intelligence, think about real intelligence for a minute. We measure it with an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) where a score of 100 is average intelligence.
These IQ tests are not a true measure of one’s intelligence. They really measure social awareness, cleverness or one’s ability to reason by association. But a computer may be able to score fairly high in this regard.
Social awareness is very subjective, a computer could compete very well against a human. Cognitive awareness, on the other hand, should give the competitive edge to humans.
Except for the fact that humans are devolving at a frightful rate. Their cognitive awareness is in the toilet. For a good example of this, drive on the freeway of a large metropolitan area for an hour.
If the average human IQ continues to decline, then computers will continue to gain an edge in the area of artificial intelligence. As humans start to rely on computers to do their thinking then the gap will continue to widen.
Their will always be some humans who individually are smarter than computers. Certainly the ones who built the AI. But we find ourselves in an era where the human with a low or average intelligence is less inclined to trust or listen to the smart humans. This paints a grim picture for humanity.
There is an old saying, “He who is clever is stupid.” It took me many years to come to any understanding behind this aphorism.
Of Ambition
AMBITION is like choler; which is an humor that maketh men active, earnest, full of alacrity, and stirring, if it be not stopped. But if it be stopped, and cannot have his way, it becometh adust, and thereby malign and venomous. So ambitious men, if they find the way open for their rising, and still get forward, they are rather busy than dangerous; but if they be checked in their desires, they become secretly discontent, and look upon men and matters with an evil eye, and are best pleased, when things go backward; which is the worst property in a servant of a prince, or state.