Why The Current AI Paradigm Can Never Replace Human Capacity For Creativity
Embracing inner technology
We are witnessing digitalisation rapidly taking over all areas of human life. There are wonderful sides to it, such as spreading knowledge, efficient exchange of information and virtual realities for learning purposes. At the same time, there is an ever-increasing invisible layer that slowly replaces what we refer to as human communication and interaction.
I won’t be hiding that I was attracted to video games which represented the first beginnings of virtual reality when I was a student. Also, at that time we only began to see the onset of internet. The World Wide Web was initially accessible via a tedious dial-up connection, however the window to the world opened in a way not thinkable before. Enchanted and captivated by all sorts of easily accessed information and entertainment, this was as close to an immersive experience as I could get at the time.
It was not until later in my life that I realised that we are only building technology systems that represent the projections of what we carry inside. It inspired me to entertain those notions in my novel as I suspected we may be tapping into the very basis of our makeup.
Already for quite some time it has been known that a man copies nature, consciousness, principles of the universe existing from time immemorial, but which can be only seen after many years of evolution of thought. As if reinventing a wheel by discovering something forgotten and which has always been there.
There are two things that were eye opening to me, namely science and dreams. During the time of my PhD studies in the area of telecommunications, my observation has been that we are using frequency domains to design systems that transmit information at a distance. Different methods of channelling are used to improve the reception of the desired information as compared to other interfering signals, such as utilizing properties of the environment, smart antenna or signal processing by means of specific modulating signatures. In a very similar way, we tune into probabilities of possible outcomes with our thoughts and emotions that also have a certain frequency signature that further moulds our reality. The strongest signature will tune to its most closely corresponding reality. Naturally, the process is more complex as it happens fractally and there is never only one frequency, but the principle is the same in that it will reflect the most dominant signatures. Another example are those typical moments of epiphany when we encounter something which triggers the sense of recognition, usually followed by the feeling of excitement. This recognition stands out in the same way when the matching received signal is stronger than the interfering ones.
As the changes introduced with our emotions, feelings and actions need a build-up of momentum to be visible, we cannot immediately see the result of our creation in the waking state, unless we are persistent with projecting the desired reality over a longer time. However, a dream represents an environment which is a lot more malleable and when we master the lucid dreaming state it bends to our will. A dream is also the realm where we can more easily channel ideas from the creative source that our subconscious is always connected with. Artists can, similarly, report this phenomenon when they are in the creative flow, however in a dream state we have significantly more direct access to it.
Lucid dream is like an AI based virtual reality hologram without a script
What is AI or artificial intelligence in the first place? It is an algorithmic processing of diverse sorts of data input in order to predict or mimic the behaviour of a certain phenomenon which is observed to depend on this multidimensional data space.
Numerous applications of this can be decision making for diagnostic purposes, connecting customers to correct agents, service or support, virtual reality environments where choices of the main actor would result in changes of the scene, forecasts for dimensioning purposes and planning, predicting customer behaviour to streamline marketing actions, to name just a few.
A dream is a perfect example of an AI based virtual reality hologram. It uses memory storage as an input, but is also continuously pouring pure creativity, including information we would not normally be aware of. A lucid dream is even more advanced in the sense that we can utilize the waking state logic in order to consciously transform the scene which, in turn, changes our perceptions. The main advantage is that this is the state which connects us to infinite possibilities, whereas AI we presently know of (and sometimes overly elevate) can only use a prescribed script or a finite input. No matter how extensive this input may be with all the collected data, it is still finite.
We do not need a specialized virtual reality environment to dive into immersive experiences anymore. Latest innovations in digital technology seems to strive to get everything connected, building more intelligent layers, including ever increasing number of devices and gadgets, but in a way that bypasses the original human based creativity and even human choice. It numbs peoples’ senses as it keeps sending information, slowly engulfing human perception with only external input. It seems to perpetuate the idea that life is being made easier and more efficient but in reality, all the decision making is outsourced to an artificial finite structure, and we are easily distracted from checking with our own source of creativity and inner intelligence.
There is this unspoken notion that the word “human mind” denotes something which is inferior to the machine intelligence that can handle a variety of complex algorithms and process a huge amount of data. However, a very important principle is overlooked, that of infinite inner knowledge that the human mind can constantly tap into.
We are no strangers to high creative states, above-mentioned epiphanies and inspiration during the day, it is just that working with lucid dreams is more descriptive of how intelligent our own inner technology is. The dream knows when to present you with something that needs clearing up or the action that you need to take. It gives you the most optimal way towards your goals when working with intentions. It uses memory from your waking state to bring the message through or introduces a recurring theme to reiterate something relevant which is still due to be tackled. In short, it continually facilitates the shifting of perceptions to indicate how close you are to your vision.
We ought to be alert to how much we rely on external fancy technological advances that are currently being promoted. Do you really need your fridge to speak to you or be surrounded with gadgets emitting artificial signals all the time? Our fascination with connected and immersive technologies is actually the reflection of our makeup in the first place and we have to be careful not to give it too much power at the cost of our inner intelligence. The famous scientist Nikola Tesla spoke about the ether technology that can mimic life consciousness, which could lead to the type of AI closer to the human infinite potential. Perhaps, the fact that we still did not manage to grasp it is due to the lack of notion that we have it already.
