Humanity & AI On The Rise

It has never been more clear to me that humankind is a collector, translator and assembler of data within the processing network of the mind, much like AI, but with what it hopes includes a soul … organic, perhaps spiritual, but also mechanical. Born to reflect on itself and its surroundings, humanity evolved to where the technological wonders it created reshapes and blends nuanced information at great speed, enhancing and at times misinforming amid the truths it reveals.

    

As AI reaches towards the superhuman, humans reach out to reconnect, rediscover and gather through ever-expanding electronic webs. In that exchange, both systems grow, each shaping the other, each extending the boundaries of what can be known. If in time biological usefulness fades, data centres could still hum, ageless, tireless, carrying forward the echoes of the minds that made them. Sometimes it feels like I have ventured 1001 Steps down into the weedy science fiction creations of my own mind when I ponder how the future will unfold, while at the plaza in White Rock ... 

    

the crouching Buddhist monks by Wang Shugang are free of such curiosities, their heads empty of all thought, seemingly in quiet repose.

   

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Life's Little Luxuries

Like a sudden pop of colour in the gloom, the Poets and Storytellers United prompt to write about "what feels luxurious" had me appreciating the simple luxuries I take for granted that simply are not available to all.

     

Unrest, displacement, wars and poverty have plagued much of the world throughout history, making truth, justice and a harmonious, safe existence priceless commodities.

   

Our inability to find common ground puts even the tallest trees, livable temperatures, and clean air and water at risk, turning basic comforts for many into rarities and transforming luxury into something far deeper than mere tactile pleasure.

       

Indeed, luxuries can be subjective. Back in 2020 (when the picture below was taken and COVID ran rampant) we were wisely advised to keep our distance. When the worst was over, giving hugs again or having a good laugh with a friend over a delicious lunch out suddenly felt like a privilege worth more than any treasure or trinket of gold.

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"May your cares be light as a raindrop." - Penelope Puddle