Education, Innovation, Civi society, AI + Tech, and Art
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#HighValues #ethics #creativity #culture #civilsociety
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The speed advances on technology, and AI are pushing towards a global leadership based on a centralized agenda from stakeholder’s private interests, and war development, instead of a 5.0 Leadership that invites to evolve within ethics, morality, and high standards on human rights. The state of chaos, especially in relation to security suggests that there is a political agenda that is using AI as a goal to lead beyond any kind of accountable system. The fact that the new values are not aligned with the development of critical thinking or more independence and freedom from citizens, confirms this idea. A technological change, needed, however in the wrong direction. The simple idea that robots will replace humans, or that we are increasing the possibilities of a nuclear war, are some of the elements that reassures the existence of a global agenda against unity.
Drivers to change like better Education, stronger civil society, democracy, ethical AI or traditional art, are not convenient to a goal of a powerful leadership, centered and focused on domination and authority. In fact, more freedom and influence in the decision-making process from the citizens, represents a threat to those that aim to centralize power. Is it so, that technology may become an ally to progress as well as a threat in democratic terms. Cancel creativity, ethics or creation of “new values” around humanoids robots instead of humans, irreversible evolves towards an agenda centralized only in a small group of powerful actors instead of an open process of transformative integration.
Leadership as a matter of power, and not a tool to impact directly into higher values around creativity and self-determination from Nations and individuals.
Is the combination of Education, Innovation, Civil society, Ai+ Tech and art that make it possible. A true driver to change mentalities towards independent thinking and appreciation of each other’s differences, instead of following an obscure agenda for whom replacement of humans by robots and high technology are a goal in itself.
A toxic change that supposes a centralized leadership by nullifying individuals´ creativity, spirituality and culture.
A global system is meant to join around common goals, culture does not suppose a threat, yet a positive pillar that leads to greater tolerance and integration. Having as a result a more complete system that makes of diversity an asset for an ecosystem based on balancing power, therefore, preventing polarization. However, under the new values, globalization is at the service of a centralized group that in the end, is furthering more confrontation. The wrong way to lead transformation, although convenient to an agenda that aims to cancel critical thinking and high values to pursue the toxic ambition of a super technological power beyond ethics´standards.
On the search of a 5.0 Leadership, through 5 revolutionary drivers to change
Education, Innovation, Civi society, AI + Tech, and Art
Modernity or traditions, culture or global culture, ideologies or new philosophies, religion or AI mandate, central or global authorities?
Some of the big questions that are leading civil societies into becoming mere observers and not agents of change, following pre-establishing codes of living that cancel democracy in all its terms. Is with no doubt, the emerge of a 5.0 Leadership, although from a panopticon view that centralize power, searching to replace humans by robots in an unprecedent move to transform the global society into a tool of manipulation and autocracy. Under this agenda a 5.0 leadership is a matter of a few stakeholders with a focused interest on enrichment and domination a not a way to boost better conditions to make of education, innovation, AI + tech and art the true actors for an improved society version on values and knowledge.
Sometimes we forget that those stakeholders that are driven the civil society into AI living standards are the same that are pushing into a permanent state of war, furthering polarization to develop their own goals of centralizing power.
The more the confrontation, the weaker the societies are to developing their models of living according to culture, tradition or even religion.
As a difference from the past, leadership is about transforming political agendas into a results-driven action without relying on personal charisma, yet is precisely a matter of soft power, finding strategists, not visionaries, action-makers, not debate-makers, results-driven politics, not show business politics. In the end, achieving a higher goal on stability and balance, not necessary on prominence and Media exposure.
Like an ecosystem, the combination of skills, purpose, and ethics in a specific environment, works as a unit, the lack of one of these elements threats to collapse the goal of leading positive changes aligned with citizens´ agenda, and high values. Leading towards peace, security, healthy environments, well-being and wealth, are some of the main goals in all levels of leadership. However, the scope of performance for each leader especially those that are out from the political or business sector, is limited to their level of power in society. Consequently, educators, religious leaders, intellectual actors, pacifists, etc. are not leading, simply accompanied an agenda of societal self-destruction in ethics and morality, therefore breaking the fragile thread of common interest and balance.
On recent declarations Bill Gates predicts that only three jobs will survive: coder, energy experts and biologists[1], which raises many questions about the how and who is leading this cumbersome process towards an AI domination. Under this framework, a 5.0 Leadership is transformed into a complete paralysis from creativity, empathy, connections, or even human contact. Instead, chats GPT, doctors, phycologists, educators, artists, among others, would eventually be replaced by robots.
The question is: who decided that this is the best way to evolve, and why a new leadership must be based on a full cancellation from human essence?
We become aware of the threat that supposes to the very human existence, and the precious gift of their soul, spirit and heart, just by exploring some examples:
AI-DA is the first humanoid robot [2] that uses cameras in her eyes, robotic arms and AI algorithms that allows to become a painter. In their website it describes AI-Da’s work as art, “because it reflects the enormous integration of technology in today’s society”. A quite poor explanation of why we need to transform art and start a shocking competition human against technology. I do believe that challenging creativity by this concept is the anteroom to destroy human´s heart and soul, two essential parts to become an artist.
The Sixtin Chapel in the Vatican, Rome, masterpiece from Michelangelo, is one of many examples for whom humans are irreplaceable. The majestic work combines passion and spirituality, religion and art, soul and mind to create a unique space to inspire, to vibrate in different dimensions, still mysterious, that are still there reminding us of its eternal enigma. As a difference to a robot, the feelings are not programmed, the evolution is not registered, and the algorithms that lead the path are only made by creativity, passion, and faith. All elements that make us different from machines and must be explored deeply without distractions and the temptation of an “easy life”. The capacity to evolve can only be developed by those able to find moral standards and take the challenge to rise above themselves. The other way round, the stagnation on values, drives into ignorant and “frozen” societies that allows a perverse and obscure leadership.
Is time to lead intellectually to make a change, to rescue an agonizing society that is being manipulating to create global standards on “new values” that cancels a high level of consciousness and awareness of the true power to transform themselves and the environment around them.
Another paradigmatic example of those values that are trying to impose us, to erase traditional human relations is the case of Alicia Framis, the first woman that marry an hologram[3]. Framis is the creator of AILex, a hologram based on the profiles of their past relationships. According to her, one of the main reasons to develop ther project was as a therapeutic tool for those who suffered trauma or abuse, as well as to fight loneliness. Moving further in this concept she explains: “A new generation of love is emerging, whether we like or not, in which humans will marry and maintain relationships with holograms, avatars, robots, and so on. Just as we practice new languages with Duolingo, we will practice relationships with these entities.”
What seems to be an extravagant, mental unhealthy experiment in physiological terms, we may explore the true agenda behind: the replacing of humans and their feelings. This type of project further the idea that instead of tackling loneliness, or overcoming the incapacity to relate to other humans, and search for solutions that fix mental problems, instead, they leave mental barriers without a way out and certainly without balance. Is also good to mention that in the past -1996- Alicia Framis has participated in an experiment for whom she lived for some time with a mannequin. Confirming that is a project that comes from a long time ago and does not appear with AI.
In the end, is about a harmonious relationship mental health and technology that may help on a self-recovery process and not preventing humans to overcome their mental or psychological barriers. By acknowledging these types of relationships, we are being in complicity with an agenda of control and manipulation on mental stagnation that goes against high values based on human dignity and mental health. Evolving towards new trends of technological assistance is completely different to furthering unhealthy models of erasing human relations.
Technology development is meant to be a tool, not an actor, a means not an end.
Like in a war, the weapons are values, and the strategies are based on their soldiers not the armament. Awakening to a society that puts empathy and creativity at the front line, Instead, we are on the edge of a collapse on values to the point that a robot-centered action is the one that pretend to lead the path. Is the automatization of tasks the only driver to change technologically, however, is it only now, that we realize that an agenda on erasing humans as inspiring and creative agents is the true goal. A true ideology that is using a biased and distorted version of globalization for their purposes. Instead of distributing power among the different Nations and individuals, they are establishing a sort kind of “panoptic surveillance” – an idea taken from Michel Foucault- centralized in stakeholders that do not make of ethics and morals a priority.
If there is a panoptic surveillance that must be implemented is the one that further an ecosystem in high values standards: education, making of critical thinking a true axis. Initiatives on innovation that do not focus on technological power, yet they use it as a powerful tool that develops creativity towards practical solutions to the current pressing issues. Having as an ally AI+tech as a tool to help humans on their daily lives, not a threat that replaces humans and cancels their possibilities to challenge themselves to become better and stronger. Recovering the place that the civil society deserves: a democratic role of dynamic influencers and actors in the different decision-making processes. Finding balance through Art as the best resource, for human expression on inspiration and creativity to finally construct beauty and harmony.
Mainstreaming leadership towards a global change, within the civil society to take control over all the sectors, having a human-centered perspective and not a robot-centered one. Making of humans moral and ethical greater, without contradictions with a highly technological society, although controlling deeply their use, purpose and goals.
Educating for leading and leading within educated individuals, innovating within moral and ethical purposes, giving a central role for the civil society, within an accountable and transparent AI+tech, making of art the tool for transforming societies into expressions of beauty from the highest values on creativity, spirituality and philosophy.
Leading 5 drivers to change, by natural Intelligence, technologically assisted, and intellectually developed. Ethical and moral way to evolve resiliently.
Let’s be bold, let’s be human.
[1] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/bill-gates-predicts-only-three-jobs-will-survive-the-ai-takeover-here-is-why/articleshow/119533999.cms
[2] https://www.ai-darobot.com/
[3] https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/01/03/meet-spanish-artist-alicia-framis-the-first-woman-to-marry-a-hologram
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