The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Our Lives
The development of artificial intelligence is one of the greatest changes in the way we live and work since the invention of the Internet. It will change the way we spend our days, how we learn, and how we work. Artificial intelligence has already changed the way companies and countries are managed. As a result, many countries are trying to lay the foundations for regulations that will govern the development of artificial intelligence systems before they become a threat to human existence. However, these efforts have been met with little success due to the significant differences in views between major powers.
The Evolution of Technology
In 2011, Mark Anderson, a well-known investor, wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal stating that "software is eating the world." At that time, software was transforming the global economy and causing earthquakes in all industries, from media to transportation. However, what Anderson did not expect was that the same software would later be devoured by something else. Six years later, Jensen Huang, the co-founder of Nvidia, said, "Yes, software ate the world, but artificial intelligence is eating software." This transformation is not just a shift in technological structure, but also in the intellectual weight that regulates how technology develops and is used.
The Relationship Between Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence
The debate about the relationship between philosophy and artificial intelligence is often reduced to a narrow angle related to ethics. However, philosophy is not just an external moral observer, but an internal component that shapes the way artificial intelligence systems are designed, trained, and used. Every system for developing artificial intelligence is based on implicit hypotheses, such as what is considered "knowledge," what is the purpose of the model, and what is its vision of reality. These are philosophical questions that require careful consideration to avoid absurd or catastrophic results.
The Importance of Philosophy in Artificial Intelligence Development
Experts now agree that companies that integrate philosophy into the development of artificial intelligence achieve better results and higher returns on their investments. Philosophy offers a compass that reduces chaos and provides a framework for critical thinking and teleological meditation. The history of artificial intelligence shows that its pioneers, such as Alan Turing and Marvin Minsky, were inspired by fundamental philosophical questions, not just codes and mathematical equations. The necessity is not to appoint a philosopher to work in companies that develop artificial intelligence, but to integrate critical thinking and teleological meditation into the work of development and decision teams.
The Example of Amazon
The online retail company Amazon provides a vivid example of the relationship between philosophy and technology. Amazon did not just formulate the concept of "customer loyalty" using superficial quantitative indicators, such as the number of purchases or customer satisfaction evaluations. Instead, the company exceeded that by setting a deeper philosophical goal: what does it mean for a customer to be loyal, and how can Amazon create a long-term reciprocal relationship with its customers. This is the difference between a technique without philosophy and a technology with teleological consciousness.
The Future of Artificial Intelligence
The future of artificial intelligence is not in improving current models, but in developing systems that have an awareness of context, deviate from priorities, and make decisions based on complicated contexts. To achieve this transformation, it is necessary to train these systems beyond data analysis by philosophically rehabilitating them with a theoretical framework. This will enable them to recognize the limits of what they know and what they do not know, and to improve the gap between them.
The Role of Philosophy in Artificial Intelligence
Philosophy is no longer a marginal academic or theoretical luxury, but has become a strategic necessity for creating sustainable value. If we are to harvest the real fruits of artificial intelligence, it must be rooted in philosophical soil, which will help it understand the world, not just describe it. Philosophy will find its way back to the heart of the industry after a century of sitting on the sidelines, and after its return, it will not devour artificial intelligence, but refine it and give it a new dimension: the dimension of wisdom.
