No.0113:Fake - Brainwashing

April 30,2023

Not a day goes by that we do not hear about ChatGPT, an AI (Artificial Intelligence) that enables smooth conversations with people via text messages. While there are hopes that such AI can be used successfully as a trump card to maintain national strength by improving labor productivity amid concerns about Japan's declining national strength due to a certain decline in the working-age population caused by the falling birthrate and aging population, there are also many who point out risks such as copyright and privacy violations, promotion of discrimination, and information leaks. In addition, they are also incredibly skilled at creating fake information that confuses people. If you are not careful, you will be led to believe. In this article, I would like to write about such fakes.

Just recently, an AI-generated deepfake image of the former President of the United States being arrested made headlines. The fact that he was just being investigated over accounting irregularities made it more realistic. By tarnishing a target's reputation in this way, AI can be a cunning weapon to gain advantage in elections, wars, or even business competition.

In companies commonly referred to as "black companies" that disregard the human rights of their employees, the culture that looks so bad from the outside is taken for granted inside the company. If you raise your voice to correct the situation, you will be smoked out as a troublesome person. Tuning pressure. Therefore, there is nothing better than to be quiet and go along with them. Eventually you will adapt and feel nothing. Habituation is sometimes dangerous.
 
Humans are accustomed to everything.
V.E. Frankl, a psychologist who survived the Holocaust

Scandals concerning the founders of major entertainment companies have been making headlines recently. Similar scandals have occurred in the past, but the TV stations at the time decided to keep quiet. The TV stations would not be able to use their talents in their programs due to sanctions from the firms for reporting content that would be detrimental to the firms, which boast overwhelming influence. If that happens, they will not be able to get viewer ratings. Therefore, they would not be able to make money. This is the result of avoiding such risks. This opportunistic attitude of the TV stations was criticized. News is not always fair and impartial, and sometimes adult circumstances take precedence.
 
I sometimes feel like a very unworthy person. This is especially true if I have had a long period of poor results. I tell myself to blow off such fakes about myself. I'm not that great, but I'm not that terrible. Just like that.

As mentioned above, there are a lot of fakes around us. In such a situation, what is important is the power of doubt. Just like Toyota Motor Corporation, which has achieved improvement with the "5 times why? “. ChatGPT makes mistakes with aplomb and confidence. In other words, his ability to say what seems right is amazing. It would be wonderful if we could increase our productivity at work, or even in life, by accepting 70% of his reliable and dubious drafts and making up 30% ourselves.
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