Dissecting the Artificial in AI

The narrative tells you that we cannot foresee or control the consequences of an Artificial Intelligence-officiated future

- MAYANK JAIN PARICHHA

American political scientist Francis Fukuyama's 1992 book, The End of History and The Last Man, is still remembered for its thesis. He argued that the dissolution of the Soviet Union marked the end of ideological evolution and that liberal values were taking over the world. However, his thesis has been challenged as the rise of authoritarianism and right-wing politics has gained more prominence in recent years.

The complex, interconnected information networks driven by myth, bureaucracy, and algorithms have made society increasingly difficult to understand. It seems there is a certain stagnation at the ideological level; it is however difficult to understand, at what kind of pass are we? Was Fukuyama right? Artificial Intelligence has disrupted the social order. To understand the current state of society, there is no better guide than Yuval Noah Harari, a celebrated historian and narrative writer. In his latest book, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, he explores the complex evolution of human society through information networks from cuneiform clay tablets in Mesopotamia around 2500 BC to the modern age of computer networks. Harari foresees both the dangers posed by AI and the implications of

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