The Computer Aided Thinking [The folly of]

The Computer Aided Thinking

[The folly of]

     When I was studying in the Engineering College, during my undergraduate days, there was a postulation that AI (Artificial Intelligence) will be the “be all and end all” of the future.

   I am now seeing such developments in many areas in my own lifetime (like air traffic controls, airplane flight navigation, data mining and Business intelligence etc.)

     I am also seeing that nowadays due to the development and mass penetration of the communications and Information Technology developments (ICT), youngsters (and some older people too) abdicate their thinking responsibilities and expect the computers to do their thinking for them.

     In my opinion “clear thinking” is the most difficult thing in life and most of us do that in a “foggy” manner. The modern gadgets have made this “foggier”.

     Anything in our life should be analyzed from first principles and we should “think them through”, to their logical conclusion. We are mostly too tired or too lazy to do any sort of ‘thinking” and we leave it to others to do the thinking.

     Elders of valuable experiences who have lived a “full-life” are our best guides in this matter. We will never get that guidance from the internet or from any computerized DATABASE.

     For this, we should seek out and cultivate their company. Reading of biographies, listening to their speeches, discussing with them in person etc. Most of them , will not misguide us and also in case we have any such doubt, we can always cross check it ,with another well experienced persons also.

     Interact with worthy elders and derive the full benefit of their experience. You will get an asset for your whole life time. You may never get a chance to know about what they know and that will make your life poorer .