骑士驭马——AI时代价值范式

With: Nova Spivack

Date: Aug. 13, 2023

骑士驭马:AI时代的价值范式

 

        "这不是一场竞争。人类思维与人工智能不同,而且人类思维仍然强大。

        人类的思维不仅仅是信息处理器,它们是有感知力的存在物——它们意识到世界的实际内容,而不仅仅是数字表示

         我们人类,是(整个共生)系统中的意识"

 

 ——Nova Spivack,2023-08-13

 

         Historically, humans have always striven to extend their capabilities using various tools. The horse, one of the earliest and most profound of these tools, revolutionized transportation, agriculture, warfare, commerce and communication. Its domestication, dating back to around 5000 B.C., marked a monumental shift in human progress.

        Horses, with their speed and strength, became not only our companions but extensions of ourselves, allowing people and civilizations to connect, trade ideas, and expand horizons.

        In fact, horses worked at more varied jobs during the industrial era than at any other time.They pulled carriages, buses, and carts on streets and barges on canals. While steam engines pumped, horses kept the wheels of commerce turning. The age of the machine was also the heyday of the horse. (Source: AMNH)

  在历史上,人类一直努力利用各种工具来扩展自己的能力。马,作为其中最早且最深远的工具之一,彻底改变了交通、农业、战争、商业和交流。它的驯养始于公元前约5000年,标志着人类进步的一个重大转折点。

  马凭借其速度和力量,不仅成为了我们的伙伴,还成为了我们自身的延伸,使人类和文明得以连接,交流思想,并拓展视野。

事实上,在工业时代,马在各种工作中的应用要比任何其他时期都多样。它们在街道上拉着马车、公共汽车和马车,也在运河上牵引驳船。在蒸汽机的运转时,马依然保持着商业运作的动力。机械时代同时也是马的鼎盛时期。(来源:美国自然历史博物馆AMNH)

 

Today, as we stand on the threshold of another era-defining industrial revolution, it’s not a living being but a synthetic one that promises to facilitate this transformation: Artificial Intelligence (AI).

        Intelligent AI-powered agents are going to be both the machines, and the workhorses, of the Sixth Industrial Revolution. But like horses, they will need guidance from human riders.

        Just as the horse and rider formed an alliance that transcended their individual capabilities, humans and AI have the potential to merge into a formidable composite, propelling society into uncharted territories. Yet, this partnership is fraught with new complexities.

        If history serves as a teacher, it’s evident that all tools, no matter how beneficial, require regulation and guidance. The unchecked power of a horse could lead to chaos, and similarly, an unsupervised AI is a tool with potential for misuse. AI’s power, its ability to adapt, learn, and process without cease, is both its strength and vulnerability.

        It can act as a multiplier of human intent – for better or worse. When left unchecked, AI doesn’t merely malfunction; it can amplify our worst tendencies, such as biases or misinformation. Thus, a system of checks and balances becomes imperative:

  今天,当我们站在另一个划时代的工业革命的门槛上时,承诺促成这一变革的不再是一个有生命的存在,而是一个合成的存在:人工智能(AI)。

智能的、由AI驱动的代理将成为第六次工业革命的机器和"工作马"。但就像马一样,它们需要人类驾驭者的指导。

  就像马和骑士形成了超越各自能力的联盟一样,人类和AI有潜力融合成一个强大的整体,将社会推向未知领域。然而,这种合作关系充满了新的复杂性

  如果历史是一位教师,很明显,无论多么有益的工具,都需要监管和指导。一匹马的无限力量可能会导致混乱,同样,一个无人监督的AI是一个可能被滥用的工具。

AI的力量,它的适应能力、学习能力和不间断的处理能力,既是它的优势,也是它的脆弱性它可以成为人类意图的乘数 - 无论是好是坏。当没有受到限制时,AI不仅会发生故障; 它还可以放大我们最糟糕的倾向,如偏见或错误信息。

Thus, a system of checks and balances become imperative:

1. Ethical Design and Programming: Just as a rider trains a horse, humans need to embed ethical frameworks within AI from inception. This not only involves using unbiased data but ensuring that AI’s decision-making mechanisms prioritize fairness and eschew harm.

2. Continuous Monitoring and Feedback: A rider always remains alert to the horse’s behavior, making corrections as necessary. Similarly, regular audits and feedback loops for AI will ensure alignment with human values.

3. Transparency and Explanation: A harmonious horse-rider relationship is built on trust and understanding. In the realm of AI, systems must be transparent, explaining their decisions in terms understandable to their human counterparts.

4. Education and Public Awareness: An informed rider can harness a horse’s full potential. In the AI era, equipping the public with knowledge ensures that they can engage with, benefit from, and critique AI systems. 

       因此,建立一套制衡机制变成至关重要——

伦理设计和编程:就像骑士训练马一样,人类需要从AI的起源开始嵌入伦理框架。这不仅涉及使用无偏数据,还要确保AI的决策机制优先考虑公平,并避免造成伤害。

持续监控和反馈:骑士始终对马的行为保持警惕,必要时进行纠正。同样,在AI方面进行定期审计和反馈循环,将确保与人类价值观保持一致。

透明度和解释:和谐的马骑士关系是建立在信任和理解基础上的。在人工智能领域,系统必须是透明的,以人类能够理解的方式解释其决策

教育和公众意识:一个了解情况的骑士可以充分发挥马的潜力。在人工智能时代,向公众传授知识可以确保他们能够参与、从中受益,并对AI系统提出批评。

 

The Human Element 人类因素

        The relationship between humans and AIs is analogous to the relationship between humans and horses that fueled what became the first Industrial Revolution, and will have similar transformative impact today.

        And it’s not a competition. Human minds are different from AIs, and still far more powerful. Human minds are not just information processors, they are sentient beings – they are aware of the actual content of the world, not just digital representations of it. We are the consciousness in the system.

        In light of this distinction, in the coming era, humans will be the primary actors who bring intent, and define goals, priorities, and policies. Humans will initiate and make the important decisions in the world. Alongside us, AIs will act as our helpers, assistants, co-pilots, co-workers, and partners.

  人类与人工智能之间的关系,可类比**于人类与马之间的关系,后者推动了第一次工业革命的发展,而今天将产生类似的变革性影响。

这不是一场竞争。人类的思维与人工智能不同,而且仍然更为强大。人类的思维不仅仅是信息处理器,它们是有感知能力的存在 - 它们意识到世界的实际内容,而不仅仅是数字表示。我们人类是系统中的意识。

  基于这一区别,在未来的时代,人类将是主要的行动者,带来意图,并定义目标、优先事项和政策。人类将在世界上发起并做出重要决策。与我们并肩,人工智能将充当我们的助手、协助驾驶员、合作者、同事和伙伴。

 

Towards a Healthy Symbiosis 走向健康的共生关系

        Because human and AI minds are so highly complementary, AI won’t likely ever replace humanity, but we do have a choice in what our relationship with AI turns out to be.

        Will it be parasite and host, master and servant, a partnership, a new combined species? I think and predict that it will be like a horse and rider – AI will augment and amplify humans to be exponentially more capable, and in turn we will care for, train, breed, ride and navigate our AIs to build a new world that transcends our separate abilities.

        But to achieve this vision of a healthy symbiosis between humans and AI, we must think of our approach like a process of building and managing a relationship, and a process of co-evolution, with another species – a species that assists and amplifies our capabilities. Through a healthy human-AI symbiosis we can guarantee that our intelligent AI partners remain aligned with our priorities and values.

由于人类和人工智能思维之间高度互补,AI不太可能取代人类,但我们可以选择我们与AI的关系将如何发展。

  它会是寄生虫和宿主、主人和仆人、伙伴关系还是新的结合物种?我认为并预测,它将像马和骑士的关系一样 ——人工智能将增强和放大人类的能力,使其成倍增长,反过来,我们将照顾、训练、繁殖、驾驭和引导我们的人工智能,构建一个超越我们单独能力的新世界。

  但为了实现人类与人工智能之间健康共生的愿景,我们必须将我们的方法看作是建立和管理关系的过程,以及与另一物种共同进化的过程 - 一种能够协助和放大我们能力的物种。

  通过健康的人类-人工智能共生,我们可以确保我们的智能AI伙伴始终与我们的优先事项和价值观保持一致。

 

The Future Just Happened 未来刚刚发生

The future of AI, much like the onset of industrialization, presents vast opportunities interspersed with challenges. And that future just happened – the AI Industrial Revolution we’ve been predicting for so many decades, has started.

        Our lives and work are about to radically change. Just as horses and later factories once transformed landscapes and economies, prompting new regulations and protocols, today’s rapidly blooming AI landscape demands immediate engagement and an evolved thought paradigm.

        人工智能的未来,就像工业化的开端一样,呈现出机遇和挑战交织的广阔前景。而这一未来刚刚发生——我们数十年来一直在预测的人工智能工业革命,它已经开始了!

        我们的生活和工作即将发生根本性的变化。就像马匹和后来的工厂一样,它们曾经改变了图景和经济,促使出台了新的法规和协议。今天快速发展的人工智能领域,要求我们立即参与其中,并拥有一个进化的思想范式

 

A Blueprint for Riding Together 共同驰行的蓝图

The “horse and rider” analogy is not just a picturesque representation but a blueprint for navigating the future that is ripe with historical precedent and lessons we can apply today. It underscores the idea that while AI offers unimaginable capabilities, the human spirit, with its sentience, dreams, aspirations, and values, remains as the irreplaceable rider in this new equation.

As we embrace the age of AI and the evolution of tools that think for themselves, it’s crucial to remember that the greatest milestones will be achieved not by AI alone but through the synergy of AI and humanity: We are better together.

It’s a journey – in fact a conversation – where humans are not mere spectators but active participants, steering AI towards a legacy of progress and shared values. The essence lies in riding together to ensure we arrive at a future that’s both innovative and aligned with human values.

骑士驭马”的类比**不仅仅是一个生动的描绘,更是一个可以借鉴历史先例和应用于当今的未来导航蓝图。

  它强调了一个观点,即:虽然人工智能提供了难以想象的能力,但人类精神,带有感知、梦想、抱负和价值观,仍然是这个新方程中不可替代的骑士

  在我们拥抱人工智能时代和能够自主思考的工具的进化时,重要的是要记住,最伟大的里程碑将不仅仅由人工智能本身实现,而是通过人工智能与人类的协同:我们在一起将更强大

  这是一个旅程 - 实际上是一场对话 - 在这个过程中,人类不仅仅是旁观者,还是积极的参与者,将人工智能引向进步和共同价值的遗产。关键在于共同驾驭,确保我们达到一个创新且与人类价值观一致的未来。

 

{Nova Spivack 简介}

 

Nova Spivack, 世界知名的科技创业家、投资者、创新家和未来学家,他的职业生涯成就了超过二十年的行业领先的突破性成就。

他参与打造了数十个创业项目,拥有近100项专利,总计创造了数十亿美元的市场价值,包括多次首次公开募股(IPO),以及多个孵化项目被苹果(如Siri)、Facebook、三星、迪士尼等公司收购。

Nova被推选为全球顶级未来学家,并被评选为洛杉矶顶级科技力量。他曾为政府、总统竞选活动、财富10强的全球公司、领先的消费品牌、风投基金、孵化器和科技创业公司提供咨询。Spivack还是总部位于洛杉矶的科学与技术创业工作室Magical的创始人兼首席执行官,在那里他担任风险投资者,为突破性创业公司提供资金和孵化。

Nova是方舟基金会(Arch Mission Foundation, AMF)的联合创始人兼主席,该基金会正在建造一个覆盖太阳系的永久性的地球备份系统。

2019年4月,当月球图书馆在以色列太空探索公司(SpaceIL)的Beresheet登陆器,落在月球上时,Nova成为第一个将物体着陆在另一个星球上的非军方地球人。

方舟基金会(archmission.org) "保存地球知识, 永远!"

 

月球图书馆现包含了地球的3000万页备份档案,包括维基百科和许多其他数据集。

另有消息透露,月球图书馆中的一组秘密“保险库”被认为包括了地球以外生命的第一个图书馆,其中包括水熊(一种微小生物)和25个人类的DNA,以及来自世界各地神圣遗址的碎片。月球图书馆还包含了大卫·科波菲尔德的魔术秘密。

在月球图书馆之前,AMF于2018年2月6日成功送达了太阳图书馆,成为太空中第一个永久性的图书馆,它进入了绕太阳的数亿万年的火星轨道,作为SpaceX“猎鹰重型”测试发射的秘密有效载荷,藏于马斯克(Elon Musk)发往火星的那台著名的跑车上。

太阳图书馆(2018)        月球图书馆(2019)

这两个图书馆预计将持续数十亿年,成为太阳系中人类文明永久纪录。

作为早期太空旅游者和太空企业家之一,Nova长期以来一直致力于促进太空文明的发展。他于1999年飞越太空边界,并与彼得·戴蒙迪斯(奇点大学创始人, www.SU.org)和理查德·加里奥特一起进行了零重力训练,与俄罗斯空军和俄罗斯航天局合作。Nova还在早期太空旅游项目Zero Gravity Corporation中担任了天使投资者之一。

保卫地球,星际征途!:2018 2019 2021 2022 2025 2027......

 

Nova拥有奥伯林学院的哲学学士学位。在大学期间,他还参与了麻省理工学院计算机科学系的暑期研究。他于1992年从国际太空大学获得了空间生命科学的研究生职业学位。

Nova是”现代管理学之父“彼得·德鲁克的长孙Nova与电视制片人和编剧金伯利·鲁宾·斯皮瓦克(Kimberly Rubin Spivack)结婚,育有一个女儿Sky。

 

---Editor Note---

**类比,此处是在科学家哲学家侯世达(Douglas Hofstadter)的意义上使用的。侯世达,闻名世界的美国计算机科学家和认知哲学家,普利策奖得主。著有《表象与本质:类比——思考之源与思维之火》(Surfaces and Essences: Analogy As the Fuel and Fire of Thinking),《哥德尔/埃舍尔/巴赫:一条永恒的金带(Godel,Escher,Bach--An Eternal Golden Braid)《侯世达蝴蝶》(Hofstadter Butterfly)等认知科学领域的里程碑著作。