The Real Dangers of AI No One is Talking About Photo by cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-woman-looking-afar-5473955/ Introduction: AI is incredibly good at scanning through large amounts of data. In fact, that is how it is trained. My argument in this paper is that AI is fully advantaged to violate all privacy of people to teach itself more and enrich its creators. Things once thought impossible will become reality, as the powerful of this world will now be able to track everything you say and everything you do. They will transcribe your phone calls, collect your texts and emails. They will eavesdrop on personal conversations. And people will celebrate this as we get stronger AI models. They will be able to surveil like never before thought possible. I do not think this is considered science fiction anymore and will become a credible risk that we must all face. We are already facing privacy violations from these models, from them being trained on books witho...
Why Everyone Should Pray Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-white-sweater-and-blue-denim-jeans-sitting-on-bed-5199759/ In this blog I argue why everyone should pray, even if you are an atheist. Pulling from scientific papers, I will run through the major benefits of prayer. As well, I will propose with philosophical rationing why we may be experiencing these benefits. So if you are looking for ways to live a longer, better life, you have found the right blog. Discussion: There is a large body of research showing the benefits of prayer. Harvard produced a study (by VanderWeele et al) showing that regular service attendance and private prayer were associated with greater life satisfaction and emotional well-being. This also showed those same people had a 25-35% lower mortality over 10-15 years. On top of that, rates of depression and substance abuse were lower. Another study published in the International Journal of Science and Rese...