02-11-2024, 12:48 AM
This post was last modified 02-11-2024, 12:49 AM by Maxmars.
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(02-10-2024, 10:39 PM)Byrd Wrote: [clipped to save space]
You make a strong and salient point. There is quite a difference between how people react to this kind of thing... and it seems well-demonstrated by the manner of 'reporting' between your source materials. On the one hand, I would like to remain 'clinically detached' when discussing the disconnect between the use of a language synthesis model in a mechanical avatar, and the generally spiritual intent of its sponsor. It's a rough gig. Clearly some would have an almost Victorian prejudice against a "machine man" expounding on what some might consider a matter of 'faith' (I grant you Buddhism is not really a 'religion' as I understand it, but I hope you get my gist.) Others who have been drilled with acquiescence toward the application of new technology might simply adopt a "wait and see" approach.
I noticed the Eastern culture reporting opens with a narrative which seems to invite the information with patient grace, while the Western reporting seems to be a sounding of alarm, almost invoking distress. Presumably, we might be a bit less surprised that some casual information consumers are going to resonate with the manner of delivery of the news they receive. It's telling really, in my opinion.
I still marvel at the misapprehensions about these things. For now, it is a device. And one can only hope that it is clear the actual 'object' is not some kind of Boddhisattva evolved as a living machine... it is just a 'product' of human enterprise. Sadly, I can envision the possibility that some might want to romanticize the thing... (meaning Hollywood, marketeers, and other for-profit proselytizers and their ilk.) That cannot be a good thing, in and of itself.
I think there is a connected discussion available here about juxtaposition of this technology, and the manner in which we decide to implement it... but I respect the thread topic as it is... and I really don't want to dilute the discussion.