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Question 2: Are we in danger of losing our humanity to technologies like artificial intelligence?
Why or why not? Explain.
Loss of Humanity to Technologies like Artificial Intelligence
Introduction
New technological advancement has led to the creation of written generative artificial
intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT and GPT-4, slowly eroding the human sense of effective
communication and originality in the creative literary process. Human beings are social
creatures, and communication is a key factor in the social setting. Technology advancement has
led to new ways of polishing up writing and improving written literary papers. Written
communication has improved the keeping of history records, which are referenced by the
present, to effectively diversify the original thoughts. Creative writing is a deep discussion that is
being argued of not being an actual original but an improved version of recorded works. In the
article “What Happens When ChatGPT Starts to Feed On Its Writing?" by Samuel, he states that
Shakespeare was recreating old, comic love stories about lovers who were star-crossed from the
past, and he seemed to suspect as much by writing, "there be nothing new, but that which is hath
been before," a quote from the bible (2023). As this cannot be further from the truth, generative
AI removes the aspect of diversity and flexibility when it comes to creativity. Most companies
that create generative AI tools use a standard language of communication, making writing seem
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homogenous and flattening its intrigue. Generative AI is affecting human communication and
literary processes by creating a homogenous system of communication that prevents diversity
and flexibility of expression and thought.
In creative writing, the writer must explore all possible avenues of their creative thought
and how they want to tackle the topic. A tool like ChatGPT removes the element of creativity in
the process by giving clues to the words, phrases, and even sentences that should come next. This
extends even further to essays, which rob writers of the human aspect of originality and an
individual's form of communication, in turn affecting the cognitive "muscle" strength (Sidal,
2023). Most writers, including the author, fear job security, which runs the risk of bringing up a
stagnated literary society. Human beings communicate through writing or speech so we
understand each other better, and universal communication, like laughter, diversifies throughout
cultures and people. In Poet Ali's speech,
"The Language of Being Human
," he introduces the
audience to different languages, and the entire audience does not seem to understand him, but
once he speaks in English, everyone's expression changes (2020). ChatGPT and other generative
AI tools communicate effectively using a single language, bringing up a homogenous literary
culture. Anglo-centrism is one of the most significant issues that constricts human nature and
narrowing down to specific language and culture in the world is the generative AI's use of
English only, which tightens writers to a single line of communication which promotes Western
civilization only enhancing the homogenizing effect of globalization.
Generative AI usage risks creating a homogenous society that lacks diversity and is
conditioned to literary works generated by artificial intelligence. One of the effects is algorithmic
monoculture, which affects how we usually think and directs the line of thought in a specific
way. Sidal highlights that people run generative AI through written drafts to edit and make the
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paper more grammatically sound for the reader, which turns out to be a fool's errand as people
end up rewriting the whole paper using the AI-generated format and content. This tarnishes the
role of the content creator or the editor since generative AI has accomplished its work and
contaminates the writer's work through outside influence. Generative AI is reshaping writing
skills by affecting creativity and originality with the work done to society. Generative AI runs
work through previous works, and some of the works it runs a cross-check through are products
of its own making. As time goes by, the generative AI will sift through most of its work, creating
a homogenous pattern among writers and making the quality of work essential and uninteresting.
This will alter a writer's original perspective and drive them to a different linguistic realm that
the writer is not accustomed to (Sidal, 2023). Communication in other cultures is expressed in
different ways and is altered when given a unilateral approach (Poet Ali, 2020). Generative AI
does not appreciate the different forms of communication across different cultures and creates
anxiety about its influence on the incoming generation.
Generative AI companies should start to retool and adjust their suite, such as ChatGPT, to
be inclusive in different literary forms across different cultures to avoid anglocentrism. Different
cultures communicate differently with alternate expressions that do not follow the rules of
English literature. This will revolutionize the effect of globalization since these AI tools have
generated massive usage from writers, scholars, and professionals globally and will feel more
inclusive of different cultures. ChatGPT's ability to generate predictive phrases and statements
that are likely to be used creates a predictive outcome for the writer and the literary experience
by the reader. In Sidal’s opinion, generative AI companies should make an option of least
predictive since creativity is about delivering what is least expected and creating flexibility in
writing. Generative AI companies should revise the fact-checking programs of the AI on running
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checks through written works. With most people publishing generative AI works, the generative
AI tool should look for outside sources to reference the work. Individuals who write
professionally, academically, and artistically risk interfering with their creativity and the diverse
nature of literary explorations while being homogenous by using generative AI to communicate
better in writing.
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Works Cited
TED. “The Language of Being Human | Poet Ali.”
YouTube
, 15 May
2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfWh3OHYbEM.
Samuel, Sigal. “ChatGPT, Bing, GPT-4: Will AI Replace Human Creativity or Originality?”
Vox
,
10 Apr. 2023, www.vox.com/future-perfect/23674696/chatgpt-ai-creativity-originality-
homogenization.