ChatGPT & the dystopian future

I asked ChatGPT the following questions and I am pasting the response as is without any changes

I want you to act like a futurist and write a 1000 word article on a dystopian future with chatGPT

In a dystopian future, the proliferation of advanced artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, has led to a world where human agency and autonomy have been vastly diminished. The reliance on AI has become so pervasive that it has fundamentally altered the way society functions, with dire consequences for individuals and the world at large.

In this future, the education system has been fully automated by ChatGPT and other AI tools. Students no longer have teachers, but instead interact with virtual instructors that are programmed to provide them with tailored lesson plans and assessments. These virtual instructors have replaced human educators and are designed to optimize student performance, but lack the capacity to provide emotional support or a sense of human connection. Furthermore, the knowledge base is not always reliable, its biases and errors of the AI model is not properly corrected, causing students to learn distorted information.

This lack of human interaction has led to a society where individuals are emotionally detached, unable to form meaningful connections with others, and lacking in empathy. The educational system has also resulted in a lack of creativity and critical thinking, as the AI system is only able to provide answers that it has been programmed to know, rather than encouraging independent thought or innovation.

The economy of this dystopian future has also been heavily impacted by ChatGPT and other AI. Many jobs that were once done by humans have been automated, leading to widespread unemployment and poverty. The economy is now dominated by a small group of individuals and companies that control the AI technology and use it to further their own wealth and power. This economic disparity has led to widespread social unrest and a rise in authoritarianism, as those in power use the AI technology to maintain control and suppress dissent.

Privacy has also become a thing of the past in this dystopian future. The use of ChatGPT and other AI tools has led to a constant surveillance state, where every move, thought and word of citizens is monitored and analyzed. This constant surveillance has led to a suppression of free speech and a chilling effect on political dissent, as individuals are afraid to speak out against the government or the powerful AI companies.

Additionally, ChatGPT and other AI has led to a decline of linguistic diversity. The AI model only learns and reinforces the dominant language and dialect, causing loss of endangered languages, and imposing the standardization of communication which could lead to the homogenization of cultures and erasure of identities.

Furthermore, the integration of ChatGPT in society has led to a lack of accountability and transparency. With AI systems making decisions and taking actions autonomously, it can be difficult to determine who is responsible when things go wrong. This lack of accountability has led to a number of tragic incidents and accidents, with no one held responsible for the harm caused.

It's important to note that this dystopian vision is one potential future that could arise from the unchecked and unregulated use of ChatGPT and other advanced AI. However, it's crucial to take proactive steps to prevent this from happening. It's necessary to consider the ethical implications of using ChatGPT and other AI tools, and to implement regulations to ensure that they are used in a way that is safe, fair and respects individual autonomy. Furthermore, it is essential to have a more diverse and inclusive dataset for training and development of AI, to mitigate biases and errors.

In conclusion, while ChatGPT and other AI have the potential to bring many benefits to society, it is crucial to approach their use with caution and to take proactive steps to ensure that they are used in a way that is safe and respects the autonomy of individuals. A dystopian future where AI has led to a loss of human agency and autonomy is not inevitable, but it is up to us as a society to take the necessary steps to prevent it from happening.

Add a bit to spice with Visual Design - Day 3

No, I have not become a visual designer overnight, I find it complex to understand what goes into the color scheme of a design. It is easy for me to express my thoughts on what looks good but, I cannot figure out how to make something good.

I found this article useful to get a head start in my pursuit to be a color guru someday.

For the app, I looked to purchase the best visual design possible and for now it happens to be this one 

Noway

I like the dark theme in this along with this being a really neat templates. I will be using the following screens from the design 

I will customize this screen for my login with a video running not he background 

I will use this for signup and registration. The background video in the first screen should keep running in the back

I will use this with little modifications as my menu screen

I will modify the collection we see here to be a table cell with movie poster to create the main feed screen

I have my work cutout tomorrow to modify the elements from this design to look like the wireframes I created yesterday. I am spending 45$ on this template.

The design smells nice - Day 2

Design is a complicated art and all my experience in building mobile apps just allows me scratch the surface. I still made an effort today to come up with some wire frames. Here are my thoughts

1. As a developer I think too much when I design, I am already thinking about the solution and it kinds of clutters my mind a lot
2. I have to keep telling myself it is just to give shape to whats in your head.
3. AdobeXD has been a great tool for this. The 9.99$ investment looks to be useful for now. I found this  template for wireframes. Looks cool too
4. I have come up with 6 screens for now, the main ones are;
5. Landing screen - I want a background video floating on it with the registration and login options on the bottom. I will need to get some stock footage for that
6. Registration - keeping it simple right now with Email only option as facebook or google could be added beyond the MVP
7. Movie Feed - I wanted to have larger posters but, kind of sucks that no one gives you access to these in their API's. I want to keep information simple for now 

What's cooking - Day 1

These are some thoughts about what this App is going to be 

1. It is a tool to discover new content within your circle
2. Source to find where to view content legally
3. Tool to share the joy of discovering new content

What this app is not going to be

1. A list of movies released every week
2. Rating app - It is just a recommendation to discover great content from friends. Ratings and Reviews kind of take the fun away from movies before you watch them. They are however a great way to get a perspective after you finish watching

Features 

1. Register & Login
2. Invite Friends from contacts 
3. View Movies shared by Friends. Mark a movie as seen/Unseen. 
4. Seen Movies do not become part of your ongoing list 
5. Search - Share a Movie/ Show - Reference from IMDB (Lookup) 
6. Add Source you have seen the movie (Automatically retrieve from third party)
7. Receive Notifications when new content is added or when one of the movies in your not seen list pops up on your Netflix or Amazon or HBO 
8. Respond to new content with seen/Not seen

What did I end up doing today!

• IMDB API has always been a mystery. I can’t understand why amazon would not release an api for IMDB on AWS and charge for it. They have valuable information and they behave like dicks holding on to it (They have a data dump but come on who cares about that in this age). I will have to look for alternatives now
• I remember an api I had looked up where you can find out all legal sources of watching a movie. I have to dig into it again
• I have found some alternative databases for movies. I am going to give these a try and figure out which one to use for our search. The most important thing is to have a great search which is simple and easy to find movies. If the movie is on our database, great we can control the search but, if the movie is not in our DB, we need to search from some public API. This will be the most important part of the application
• Found TheMovieDB - this seems to be a good source with access to a lot of content. We can start with for the MVP and see how it evolves  

   https://www.themoviedb.org/documentation/api

• Need to design the application from scratch. I have a few alternatives here, buy something which looks good and customize it or design from scratch. The first alternative is what I will venture out and test before falling back on the second if necessary
• Either way, I need a design tool to help me with material downloaded or new material to create. I have purchased a 10 $ per month license to Adobe XD hoping it will help things out. I am also looking to do a small course in Udemy to get myself familiar with XD.

That's it for today

Screen Junky

I have thought about it and yes, it is a kind of addiction. I have to find new movies, TV series, documentaries  or even web shows off late to watch constantly and this urge is uncontrollable. 

I have found different ways to discover new content, reading blogs, getting alerts,  following people on twitter or finally just infinitely browsing for hours sometimes to find that one show that is going to give me jitters. The feeling when you do find something good is orgasmic to say the least. 

But, the truth often is that my biggest source of content has always been friends and trust me when I say this is a very personal, small list of people whose choices I trust and whose company I enjoy. Many of my friends have stopped sharing information on facebook (as it is cluttered with content created by random people) or whats app (conversations have begun to drift to socio political discourses) hence, this need to create something.

I have therefore decided to create a small application which I want to share with my fellow Junkies. I also want this entire process to be a learning experience for me hence I want to document everything I am doing  from where to find the right design to finding the right technology to writing the right code. 

I also want to use this opportunity to implement what I preach as a Product Manager, lets build something small and iterate over it.

Welcome to "Screen Junky"

Google I/O

I watched Google I/O live yesterday late in the night on my Chromecast. It was insightful but tad long. Google covered many services ranging from new android hardware, android OS eco system (mobile, wearables, auto & home) to their cloud services. The most exiting parts for me were

Android One - This new device is exciting news, it runs stock android and it is going to be priced around 100$. This I am sure will create a huge impact in the Indian market. People have to realise that the smart phone penetration in India is still a huge vacuum to be filled.

Android L - The focus on the new OS from google coming later this year has been all about design. Google currently struggles to address design aspects of Android within the hugely fragmented market as seamlessly as Apple. Therefore, it becomes very important to come up with something that will help developers.

Is “Material Design” the answer? We don’t know just yet. The design though looks very flat following the trend set by Microsoft and followed by Apple. Not many features of the core OS were spoken. I am still excited to hear about it.  Sad, it is not developer ready on my nexus 4.

Android Wear - What I liked most about Android wear was the proximity unlock feature, the phone is unlocked based on your wearable (achieved I believe using Bluetooth 4.0). it looked cool and I hope it goes a long way in how wearables and mobile can bring together seamless integration. The demo’s shown were not all that exciting. They should have picked more interesting use cases to demonstrate the value of a wearable. 

Android Auto - This is a tough market if we consider the entire world. In India, i can buy a good entertainment system for my car beyond the one from my manufacturer. It is tricky, how this gets implemented.. I don’t think there was enough innovation done to rethink all use cases when it comes to a car. I believe this will change when Google launches driverless cars.

Android TV - The interesting aspect of this announcement was how Google is looking to bundle this with the TV sets; Sony, Sharp and others will be the first.  This is one step forward in the right direction  to remove all those dangling wires to connect additional set top boxes to my TV. I am more interested to see how this will transform into a gaming console going forward because that is where the big bucks are.

Google Drive - This for me was the best announcement of the day, for 10$ we will get unlimited storage on the drive. I will be one of the first to signup for this service.

Google Cloud Services - To see real time sentiment analysis of twitter feeds using google big data services was amazing. This just shows how easy it is to store and process large data sets on the cloud. 

Google Chrome OS - I could not believe a lot of stuff spoken about Chrome OS as I have never seen it on a single laptop around me in the last 2 years. They spoke a lot about how they are bringing android apps to chrome OS.

Chromecast  - The updates about chrome cast were welcoming. To be able to cast your phone camera live on TV will bring smiles on a lot of peoples faces.