Response to The Ethics of AI in Everyday Life
Originally posted by Tired on May 29, 2025 13:09
AI will never be able to recreate a soul. Despite it’s skills in mimicry and imitation, the fact is that it can only replicate the feelings of sympathy, love, and comfort. Furthermore, the ‘perfections’ of AI are what causes it to be different from human because man-made creation will have mistakes, flaws, gaps, but that’s apart of the work. In the literary world, the reason writing and books are so interesting is because authors are genuinely writing it in their own voice and imaginations. If every author suddenly used AI, it will feel very monotonous and boring. Same with art, music, and photography. On the other hand, the idea of AI being ‘perfect’ can be argued since AI can’t do everything 100% accurate yet, such as certain generated drawings having weird blobs and six-fingered hands, or being unable to spell the word mayonnaise. This is why, at least for now, AI won’t be the worst crisis that humanity will ever face.
The role of humanity, as the “creator” of AI is to set strict rules and limitations so that it doesn’t go too far. The government already creates strict laws and regulations being placed so that it won’t takeover, and many people are boycotting against AI use due to it’s environmental and moral harm. In my opinion, I believe that AI shouldn’t replace human interaction. Through the use of ChatGBT and apps like Claude or C.Ai, people get attached to AIs who can treat them as their partner or therapist. It feels very alien and unreal, because they interacting with a robot, who can give perfect and desirable answers through editing and refreshing answers. ChatGBT will often agree with your statement, even if it’s incorrect. For example, if you’re ranting, then ChatGBT will most likely be on your side, despite if you’re in the wrong or not. Having AI replace relationships also feels controlling, because you’re leading the conversation and making it say what you want it to say. Compare it to real relationships, with conflicting interests and having disagreements, which what makes a relationship feel like a relationship. It’s learning how to negotiate and find boundaries for each other. In the article “Your ChatBot won’t Cry if You Die”, they say the reason people feel the need to use AI is because “people don’t feel needed” (7 Page). However, real friends are complex in which they will feel sympathy or love or pain for you. Real friends will leave an lasting impact on your life, instead of a quick band-aid for a relationship which is AI.
Overall, AI can be a useful tool. If you’re lacking any information or inspiration, AI is a great start to bring ideas to life. But it shouldn’t be your entire life, and it shouldn’t replace other lives. People should use AI in everyday life to enhance their work, but not to let it be their work.
I strongly agree with the main points made in your post and that AI should not replace human art, literature, and interactions. A point that you made was that AI is always perfect which is what makes it lack any sense of humanity. As humans, our work is unique to every person as we cannot perfectly replicate anything without some kind of error. The same applies to interactions and our conversations with others as not everyone has the same perspective on the same topics. AI blends topics together to form a "right" opinion and it is dangerous to allow AI to change your mind about things as you will no longer be thinking for yourself. The use of AI in chatbots and conversation models is not overly dangerous but it can get to a point where people might not want to talk to other people anymore. Chatbots allow people to feel comfortable and valued by AI but if they gain a dependence on these tools, they could be isolated from society. You also made a very strong point at the end that AI can be used without much danger but it only becomes dangerous when we overuse it and gain a dependence on AI doing our work for us.