Development of "Japanese Cultural AI": Plurality for Global Deliberation
First, a quick review of [Plurality.
Technology and democracy are at war. Technology is increasing authoritarian surveillance and eroding democratic institutions. Meanwhile, democracy is fighting back with restrictive regulations and public sector conservatism. This conflict is inevitable. In this context, we have chosen to invest in anti-democratic technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrencies. This was followed by the release of ChatGPT on 11/30 The creation of this speech was also aided by the language model. This is the power of transformative technology. And this power will have an irreversible impact on human society. Just as the Internet did. Using ChatGPT, a concrete application of AI rather than vague "AI," Audrey Tang is convinced that "assistant artificial intelligence is beneficial On the other hand, he believes that "this power will bring about irreversible changes in society."
... As transformative technologies emerge, diverse communities create their own patterns of use to achieve their goals.
Diverse communities will explore patterns of how to use this power.
Dictatorships will use this power as a means of control.
Let's make our community a people of this power and [Diversity to collaborate
On 5/25, OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, the "headquarters of AI," announced
OpenAI "supports experiments to improve democratic processes."
Total $1,000,000.00 ...... One hundred and ten thousand yen?
Objective of "Democratic Input to AI".
AI has far-reaching economic and social implications
It is not right that decision-making of "what AI should be" is done by "a few people" such as the management of a for-profit company. Support experimental projects to take the first steps in this direction
Sounds really interesting, doesn't it?/nishio/nishio.icon
It would be interesting to participate in "an attempt for the future of AI" that OpenAI is flagging! Applied!!!!!!!!
We'll know the results on 7/15.
Normally we don't talk about this kind of thing in the undecided stage, but as we started planning the project, the project members themselves started to get excited and said, "It's interesting, so let's do it regardless of whether it's accepted or not. We are already active and accepting applications for participation in the project.
Roads and other infrastructure were closely coupled to the physical land, so it was reasonable for a physically localized "country" to oversee them
AI is a global infrastructure, so countries are not the proper governing unit, new governing technology is needed.
(I think many people would agree with this story if it were read as "Ethereum is a global infrastructure...")
(Audrey 2023)These communities may have different norms and cultures, but by clarifying common values, they can all be thoughtful and deliberative and foster an interoperable copresence.
Each community has different norms and cultures for global deliberations
In order for everyone to deliberate on a global scale, we need to acknowledge the existence of different cultures and identify the common values within them.
Repeat SF prototyping and Polis-like system.
How this project works
https://scrapbox.io/files/6499b485af32bb001bf19a81.png
For a deliberative discussion, we need to share our prerequisite knowledge first.
But even if you prepare a list of knowledge, most people won't read it.
Need to induce a "desire to read."
Sharing a worldview through science fiction shorts would be a good idea (hypothetical).
Gathering and visualizing reader feedback on stories generates new ideas and creates new stories
All of these things accumulated and as a result...
AI can be created using a dataset of thoughts and emotions of Japanese speakers.
This AI will be available worldwide, allowing people to speak in their own languages
Many people may associate the term "Japanese culture" with classical culture, but the first thing I want you to imagine is...
No one in Japan has ever heard of Doraemon, and the recognition of Doraemon is spreading quite well around the world.
The antithesis of the Hollywood-style "AI trying to destroy humanity" story
Those who envision a bad future based on the "AI trying to destroy humanity" storyline try to create legally binding regulations on AI.
Another keyword that came up from the project participants: the
A human-made tool, after long use, becomes a soul and eventually becomes god. Future image of LLM becoming wise and personable.
People in monotheistic cultures recoil at the idea of calling it "God."
The Japanese concept of "God" is quite different from that of monotheistic religions.
Japan has only 1% Christianity, while the U.S. has almost 70%.
AI is a tool, an argument that should be regulated to prevent it from acquiring capabilities comparable to humans.
God made man.
God is a higher being than man.
Man created AI.
You think AI could rival humans?
"The created can line up with the Creator" would be a challenge to the concept of "God is a higher being than man," irreverence!
Man has done God's work of "making man."
It is ethically undesirable, as is the cloning of human beings!
Action is needed to help the people of the world understand the concept of doraemon and attached mourning gods.
epistemological pluralism.
E. Glen Weyl, February 10, 2022
There are two aspects to pluralism, institutional and epistemological.
Plurality of religion (≈worldview) and language
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis ... It is obvious that some languages are better suited to express certain thoughts than others. But these "names" differ by language and culture.
For example, the thought "[A democratic process is a process that creates consensus among as many people as possible.
If you try to translate this into English, the question is how to translate "convincing". The fact that there is no translation that translates easily means that translating it will result in a loss of thought
It would be nice if Japanese speakers could deliberate in Japanese and then share it with the rest of the world through AI.
It may seem like a pipe dream, but it is highly technically feasible.
First, they use Scrapbox as a "place for communication".
Anything can be written here, including generated stories, impressions, and other ramblings.
Realized implementations
Export data from Scrapbox once a day with Github Actions
Divided into chunks of 500 tokens and vector embedded with OpenAI Embedding API and stored in Qdrant
Now we just need to create a connection between the English UI and the ChatGPT API, and we will have a Minimum Viable Product that can be released to the world. This will prove to people around the world that "I participated/contributed to the establishment of Japanese cultural AI".
now in open beta!!!
What one participant had to say
Currently 30 people are participating.
Of course, you are welcome to join us after the adoption on July 15!
I want to recruit people from different communities to gather [Diverse perspectives
I think there are a lot of people in this community who are interested in improving the democratic process and [the methodology of deliberation If this project becomes an opportunity to connect with people who are strong in AI and other technologies, it will surely create an interesting future.
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