kueh attended a meeting and heard his boss huat shared on his latest beloved AI tool called LnbkM, and how he used it to summarise the so many readings and articles on the internet. boss huat encouraged all at the meeting to do what he does.
as kueh listened, he scratched his head and felt confused. slipping his hand into his left pocket, he took out his recipe and flipped to some notes he jotted down just last week, when attending a talk by a professor How PL who shared the following (research-based) ideas abt human learning:
- learning is about meaning-making. and reading is a means through which meaning-making takes place.
- neuroscience (brain-based) research also suggested that cognitive functions may be lost if they are unused or used less — comprehension, analysis, synthesis to just name a few
what boss huat suggested was to let AI be the one to “read”, and humans only receiving the summary of “reading” by the AI. if so, who is doing the meaning-making? kueh wondered what would be the future of humans be like if they begin to lose the brain functions of meaning-making? if so, what does it mean to be humans anymore?
