Why Do We Think AI's Have All The Answers

It strikes me that we as a species are incessantly looking for faster and simpler ways of doing things, not as a way to become more efficient but because we are inherently lazy and want someone or something else to do the job.

AI is being used by students to answer their personal questions and it does not have any source of reference to do so. Why would we assume it does? And what ever happened to finding other sources that are informed to give us answers?

I get why people might be embarrassed by having to ask certain questions. But are we so devoid of reason and covert in our actions that we cannot find a trustworthy source to get our answers?

I find myself delving into this because there are stories surfacing presently of younger people finding solace in Chat GPT accessibility, forming questions and getting answers that create a relationship of sorts that leads to actions like suicide.

We know that an AI is only as good as the programming which includes the sources of the materials it is trained upon. So in the programming, who among us is directing the narrative and has the authority to know all?

And for the record, do those people have a morale code they follow, are they ethical sources? Doesn’t anyone else find this troubling that we actually tend to believe a machine when it comes to this?

I believe AI is great for math and science calculations, explorations, research and such. But to make it accessible to impressionable minds for a source of all information is ludicrous and dangerous. Our young minds are too precious to allow this.

So I believe these tech companies have to be held accountable for the information they use to program and the people who implement it. A certain amount of control is necessary if we intend to have healthy minds.

Also, doing things yourself provides a sense of accomplishment. You learn to trust yourself and find value in your abilities. The journey is part of the discovery and leaving the entire thing to an AI is denying yourself that journey.