AI technologies: Paths and disappointments
Abdullah bin Saleh
With the development of artificial intelligence tools and techniques, the eternal question about the superiority of machines over humans returns, but it is no longer just a theoretical question, but a concrete reality in the field of content creation, especially real estate content. I see this struggle between man and machine in every published opinion, analysis, and marketing plan. One morning, I scrolled through my «WhatsApp files to find someone putting their name on content written by AI, confidently attributing the effort to themselves.»
I smiled. <I smile, then scroll through the tweets in X and read between the lines as if a machine is speaking from behind a human ID. <I honestly ask myself: What's left worth the time and attention of someone like me?
I have been around the block with this intelligence, especially in the field of marketing and real estate brokerage. I use it, yes, and I see its usefulness, but for me it is still a tool that needs to be minimized, especially when it comes to writing and expression, honestly, I miss the originality, surprise, and out-of-the-boxness that writing used to give us before AI entered this momentum. I completely understand the busyness of friends and content creators, and the juggling of tasks that make AI seem like a silver bullet, but I still think the easy solution doesn't make a difference, and it doesn't make an impact. <A few days ago, I listened to a statement talking about the ability of AI models to simulate graduate programs, so that anyone can theoretically specialize by relying solely on these models, and I remembered then how scientific volumes and encyclopedias used to reduce knowledge and re-present it concisely without eliminating the human effort in understanding and assimilation. Today, artificial intelligence has come to complete that stage, presenting knowledge quickly, perhaps even without the need for interaction or reflection. It is the age of quick knowledge, ready information, and instant skill. <However, it has taught me lessons I didn't expect: That I am imperfect no matter how complete I think I am, that I am a questioner no matter how many answers are in front of me, and that I always need to improve, even when I think I've reached my limits. Whenever I thought I had it all figured out, this intelligence came to me to say: There is still room on the road, and the self still needs to be renewed. <I am saying today that the paths between us and AI are parallel. We can use it, we can utilize it, but we shouldn't lean on it completely. When we do that, we turn into empty molds, unable to think, unable to decide, unable to create original content, which is exactly what happened when entertainment in our modern era turned into sitting for long hours in front of screens, after it was associated with movement, play, and relatively healthy behavior. The names are the same, the patterns have changed, and the difference has diminished. <AI is not the enemy. It is an opportunity, a companion, maybe even a teacher at times, but it cannot be a substitute for the self. It doesn't write with a pulse, it doesn't stutter with enthusiasm, it doesn't make mistakes out of feeling. Authenticity, I know, is born in those human moments: The unanswered question, the idea that is taken out of context, the sentence that is said against the rules.
Will we know, amidst the noise, how to distinguish between those who use the tool and those who become the tool? <Will we recognize the fine line between utilizing technology and becoming dependent on it to the point of assimilation? <This is perhaps the most important question in the age of artificial intelligence... not in the age of threatened human intelligence.
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