Is Your Mind on a Junk Food Diet? Dealing with AI and Mass Delusion

Vocabulary - B2-C1 | Advance Level

8 $

Mar. 15 Sun , 14:00 USA

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Description

By the end of this talk, participants will reflect on their own digital consumption and the importance of an "information fast." We will ask the hard questions: How do we maintain our humanity in a world shaped by non-human actors? How do we protect the truth when fiction is so much easier to produce? Join us for a compelling discussion on navigating the complexities of the 21st century with forbearance and critical thinking.

Session Activities

1: If your coffee machine started predicting what you wanted before you pressed a button, would you find it helpful or creepy? Why?

2: Harari says humans have been stuck on a small "island" of ideas for 2,000 years. If you could discover a "new continent" of knowledge in any subject (music, sports, science), what would it be?

3: Why do we work so hard for pieces of paper (money) that we can't eat or drink? What makes them valuable to us?

1: Harari argues that storytelling is more powerful than facts for getting people to cooperate. Do you agree? Can a good story be more dangerous than a bad weapon?

2: The video suggests calling AI "Alien Intelligence" because it thinks in ways we can't predict. Should we be afraid of things we don't understand, or should we just learn to live with them?

3: In the future, every mistake you make could be recorded forever. How would your behavior change if you knew your "whole life was one long job interview"?

4: Harari compares information to food. If "junk information" (fake news/hate) makes our minds sick, what is the "healthy food" we should feed our minds instead?

Delusion

A belief that is maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument.

Forbearance

The ability of an institution or person to identify and fix their own mistakes.

Agency

The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power (having control over your decisions)

Totalitarian

A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.