Reflect on yourself to become stronger and more profound in the "AI era"

ChatGPT has opened the era of widespread AI application in Vietnam_bna — ChatGPT has opened the era of widespread AI application in Vietnam. Photo: AI created

The inevitable "children" of the digital age

The author of this article used the AI tool itself to find out “When was Artificial Intelligence born?”. The information given, 69 years ago, in the summer of 1956, at the Dartmouth Conference (USA), the concept of “Artificial Intelligence” was introduced by American computer scientist John McCarthy.

The above timeline further confirms that: In fact, Vietnamese people have access to artificial intelligence quite slowly compared to advanced civilizations in the world . Slow, but up to now, perhaps we have "tasted" the full flavor of technological "dishes", from ChatGPT, to Genmini, Capilot, Stable Diffusion, Veo... And have gone from one surprise to another when "enjoying" it.

Human history is a never-ending series of overcoming limitations: from grasping stone, to harnessing fire, to mastering metal and steam. Each era (Stone, Iron, Industrial) is defined by the strategic tools that helped humans conquer life.

Today, we face a new, more abstract frontier: the information overload of the digital age. It is in this moment that artificial intelligence is no longer an option, but the evolutionary survival instinct of civilization. AI is the most powerful “mental tool” we are forced to create to free our brains from repetitive work, turning the chaotic sea of data into knowledge. The emergence of AI is like discovering fire or creating an engine. The current frontier is the sea of data, and AI is the boat we are forced to build to cross it.

Controversial integration

“Turn this photo into a video of a hydroelectric plant releasing floodwaters, pouring rain, and muddy water.” That is a command that the author used AI to create the following illustrative video:

AI turns photos into videos

Turning the impossible into possible. People have not exaggeratedly said about artificial intelligence technology like that. The above example is just a very easy demonstration with AI, to see that: When AI takes over, "mixing truth and falsehood" is what humans have been and are facing.

The arrival of Artificial Intelligence in Vietnam is not a gentle wave, but a fierce "Controversial Integration". In the workplace and academic environment, AI immediately divided the community into two fronts. On one side are the pioneers, enthusiastically excited about the ability to increase productivity many times, seeing AI as a tool to liberate from repetitive work. But on the opposite front, there is deep anxiety about an indifferent "alternative force".

The debate is not only about technology, but also touches on core values: How to ensure the authenticity of the content created? How will education change when machines can do homework? And most importantly: How can the Vietnamese people's compassion and independent thinking not be eroded by the speed of algorithms? AI has arrived, but the process of "digesting" it into a part of Vietnamese culture and economy is still tumultuous and requires utmost alertness.

AI - a mirror friend, not a replacement boss

The evolution of artificial intelligence raises a big question: Are we creating a replacement or a partner? Instead of fearing an AI “boss” that will take our jobs, it’s time to see AI as a “mirror partner”—a superior tool that amplifies human capabilities.

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AI excels at sifting through data, optimizing processes, and performing logical tasks, but it will never reach the heights that humanity can reach.

National Conference on AI Technology Application_bna — Training on artificial intelligence application for officials of Party Committees and Party agencies of Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Le

An example of the work of journalists, at the Nghe An Newspaper and Radio and Television editorial office: In the past, to publish a newspaper, just a seemingly simple task of checking for spelling errors took up a lot of time and effort of the editorial team. This, AI is an effective tool, replacing humans, and its control almost reaches the absolute limit, faster and more accurate than humans.

However, the soul of the article, which only the emotions of each individual journalist can convey, AI can never “do for” it. Because emotions are infinite, flexible and abstract; and at each time, each situation, that sense is completely different, it is never a predetermined “calculation”.

Reporter of Nghe An Newspaper & Radio and Television on duty_bna — Emotions are something artificial intelligence cannot replace journalism. Photo: Ngoc Dung

AI can simulate, but cannot have emotional intelligence, or true compassion. It lacks breakthrough creativity because all output is based on learned data, without life experience to generate ideas that are completely out of the box.

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Most importantly, AI is incapable of making complex moral judgments, weighing human values in ambiguous situations. In short, AI is a great analytical brain, but it is the human heart, conscience and vision that will guide us into the future. Let AI do the work, and humans take the lead and guide.

The future of work is not a battle between humans and machines, but the art of collaboration based on clear distinctions: the more powerful the AI, the more deeply we need humans. The most successful organizations and individuals will be those that are not only productive, but also meaningful and humane, where technology does not do our thinking for us, but supports us to see our own thinking more clearly./.

Source: https://baonghean.vn/soi-lai-minh-de-manh-me-sau-sac-hon-trong-ky-nguyen-ai-10309178.html