Coursing through Twitter at 2 am this morning after getting semi-drunk on IPA last night, I came across a new term which I’m unfamiliar with: Artificial Stupidity
WTF?
Here’s the tweet:
There are lots of definitions in Wikipedia, but it appears that a researcher named Tina Eliassi has recently given a lecture which explains what Artificial Stupidity is.
From wikipedia:
Within computer science, there are at least two major applications for artificial stupidity: the generation of deliberate errors in chatbots attempting to pass the Turing test or to otherwise fool a participant into believing that they are human; and the deliberate limitation of computer AIs in video games in order to control the game's difficulty.
The idea that a computer researcher somewhere in Google land is programming a machine to be dumb on purpose seemed quite hilarious to me. While people are starved, raped and blown up, Tina is on a stage describing to a room full of people what artificial stupidity is. LOL.
Big Gigantic GIF made from @stevenalexander's genius video,
From this idea, the concept of ‘artificial stupidity’ sent me down my own rabbit hole, which i will attempt to explain to you.
I believe that humans derive most of their pleasure in life from idiotic moments. We like to think we are logical, but that is rarely the case.
We are animals in search of sensations, safety, meals, friends, security, acceptance, survival and purpose. Evolution has made us all different in the hopes that some of us make it out alive when the Singularity is upon us. [grain of salt, take it]
Much of my greatest memories have involved making an ass of myself, or noticing someone else making an ass of themselves. Life without humor is a horror story, and I doubt I would stick around for that. I live for the dark re-enactment of human stupidity, arrogance and asininery.
Case in point: I have laugh attacks in public which are completely uncontrollable, but which have made my life quite hilarious and wonderful. Meaning is born from ridiculousness.
I have a list of memories which involve me being unable to contain myself in serious settings, like church, jobs, lectures, etc. One particularly hilarious memory involved my father and I when we were on a cruise ship. There was a self-help guru New Age religious leader who was giving a presentation on a serious topic: How To Find Your Path In Life. The leader then guided us through taking out a sheet of paper and writing down something that we thought was uber significant to our lives, like finding our true purpose. I looked over at my dad, (who I knew was nervous about the idea of singing in the Cruise’s talent show) and shot a glance at his piece of paper to see what he wrote down.
He wrote this: “Will I Sing in the Talent Show?”
I took a look at my dad after reading his note, and I busted out in the loudest, most obnoxious laughter I’ve ever had. My dad did too. Realizing we were both incapable of stopping our laughter, we jumped up out of our seats, splattering giggles all over the place, and ran out of the lecture hall……dying of laughter the entire time while the crowd watched on. It was fantastically funny. It has the quality of a dream to my memory.
Moments like these are defined by our vulnerabilities, our illogical natures, our shared experience of stupidity and of making awkward situations into something hilarious. It’s our mistakes that bond us together as humans, and this is something I doubt machines will be doing.
So as we move forward into the age of automation, we can embrace everything that makes us human, and we can focus on bonding with one another, laughing about our weird selves, which are all different, and illogical to a great degree.
Now, there are the Dan Larimers of the world, but I would be that less than 1% of the human population is able to operate at that high level computational way.
This brings us to art.
I think a lot about what the future will be like and where humans fit into that. Anything that can be automated, will become automated, so where does that leave us?
It leaves us with art.
Art is not a Picasso painting. To me, art is an extension of being human, and being aware of our thoughts. All that art is: an extension and acknowledgement that much of what makes us human is illogical, and derives from sensation, longing, emotions.
Art has been twisted by modern corporate society. All humans are artists. You have been fooled into thinking you have no talents. That’s what modern Western society has done to you. You can be a programmer who creates new inventions…..this is art. The thing that separates the shitty artists from the sublime ones is mastery and dedication. Most people are not focused enough to master anything. They flit from sensation to sensation, until they enter the grave. That’s probably 90% of us. Maybe only 10% ever achieve anything worth remembering by the human masses.
Depending on how aware you are of your own mind, you will either understand the role of synergy, connection, and subconscious impulses or this next bit will sounds completely foreign to you.
I rely on some hard-to-explain internal and impulsive compass to guide a lot of my actions.
So, what does ‘impulsive’ mean? When I experience a ‘visceral’ thing, what am I talking about? I think I am talking about my lizard brain. I’m talking about chemicals in my brain and sensations which are physical, not abstract things. I am talking about my own memories, and how sometimes hidden and unfulfilled desires come back to the surface of my mind, and collect energy, expanding their reach.
Why do you think porn is so popular? Humans have a lot of unfulfilled and ridiculous fantasies. We are pretty good at making up weird stories, and entertaining ideas that have very little significance except to ourselves.
Why do we do this? It comes back to our primary focus, which is on our senses. We are chained to our sensations, as I think we are hard-wired to have a life filled with sensual experiences because it gives very pleasurable things to our brains. Having amazing experiences, or “peak moments”, also serves another purpose: to dissolve the divide between our material and immaterial selves. Our dreams and visions often extend way beyond our physical sense of time and space. We can think of a better world and we can dream up ways to make it better. In this regard, we can turn our thought energy into actions which other humans can pick up on and react to. We can, in some way, change the future with our thoughts and actions.
For me, life is a stream of curious bread crumbs, which have led me everywhere worth going. I’m exploring constantly, and I follow my inner compass which is tied to my fantasies, lizard brain and to those stories which refuse to get quiet.
This all leads me to this next bit:
The thrusting bit was unique, because it was a bit sexual, but in a completely ridiculous way.
hereThis video set something off in my mind. @kenny-crane was the one who found it and pointed it out to me. The mask combined with the Chewbacca outfit did it, coupled with the weird dance moves. I found it on Steemit six months ago. @stevenalexander made it. The full video can be seen
This video contained a lot of the contents of my imagination and stirred up some ancient creative impulses that I explored with my best friend in college. When i first saw this video, it was like being thrust into someone else’s dream state, and this is the only art I’m interested in…..Art that is contrived has no place, but art that feels like an extension of someone’s fantasy life, now that to me is what art is all about.
Here’s one of the mini films I made with my bff in college:
It took me six months to wake up to the fact that I have synergy with @stevenalexander. I’ve been making weird films ever since my college days, and I just never stopped. Both Steve and I have been creating videos, of a range of topics. But the ones that really get my blood pumping are the weird ones. Something freaky has been dying to emerge, and I am finally letting it out, with my co-conspirator, @stevenalexander. He has that same creative gene that my best friend in college had, and which made my life so full…..and to be honest, I have been missing that creative connection……….the void was simply not able to be filled.
If you have not seen the hilarious videos that Steve made, you need to see these from his YouTube channel. You will not be underwhelmed.
I know this is a long post, but I have a final question for you: have you ever created something that you have no memory of making?
I found this video on my YouTube channel, but i have no memory of making it:
I made it during the Occupy Wall Street time. Bitcoin is the real Occupy Wall Street. ha ha. Anyone who knows me, realizes that my experiences at big corporations were like Black Mirror. When I was fired from Hallmark, it was Orweillian. My desk phone rang, a random voice told me to put my things in a box and an armed guard escorted me out. Why was I fired? I solved a huge 10 year-old problem that the management staff hadn’t thought of, but I was just a contract worker, and I didn’t follow the “chain of command”. I existed outside the box.
All I ever wanted in life was to have the time to study, learn, share and create. This is it. Now it appears that I finally have a co-conspirator: @stevenalexander
If you have not watched our new show that we launched called Steve and Stella Show
Every Friday is a new episode (plus we will have some additional episodes through the week, too)., you’re missing out. Follow us for sheer weirdness: https://steemit.com/@steveandstellas
Cheers,
Stellabelle
hahaha Weirdo!
Can I just say that the incident with your dad on the cruise ship is so hilarious, I could imagine the look on the faces of other participants.
Now on the topic of Artificial Stupidity, we know that human beings like to invent something even if the idea seems 'stupid'. There would be people who go along with the idea. That is just how we are.
As for the people who fired you from Hallmark, they were intimidated. You solved a problem that existed for ten years!!!!!! they fired you to hide their incompetent selves.
yeah, it's true. I have a tendency to shake up things.......in bad environments.
Yes you do! that's why we love you!
Hmm Artificial Stupidity haha, I am actively studying for a masters in the artificial intelligence field and never came across that word but I do understand the explanation and it's application. It's all about making machines as human like as possible, like you rightly hinted ,a large percentage of human beings are not perfectly intelligent. There are some elements of stupidity in everyone haha, so it makes sense to try and teach a machine to do that as well.
Good post and really helpful and I love this kind of posts
Thank God you loved it and it was helpful for you, objective of this post fulfilled!
Yes my friend work for a good goal and it is to do what others benefit thank you all the time
Nice post you got here.
The human mind is programmed for fun in the sense that one can go to any length to get that which gives them joy and happiness.. And sometimes when they too that extra length, they enter into the level of stupidity but it's fun to them..
And this
Got me wondering why
Thanks for sharing this about AS. Just hearing about it from your post. I'll go look it up on Google to know more about it.
thanks, I am writing in a stream of consciousness style, after getting barely any sleep....
Haha,what a fun !Great entertainment.I expect daily you share us this type of funny for enjoy ourself.
Thanks @stellabelle for sharing. @Resteem & follow has done.
This post was published 8 minutes ago and you commented right after 3 minutes, did you really read it?
Hahahaha... Maybe she published the post with Stella
Do you think you can publish that story you wrote? I am finding myself buried in way too many things. I think it will be best. I will resteem you on two accounts.
Okay, done. But all the SBD rewards of that post will be given to your latest Slothicorn contest. Instead of only one winner, you can now announce 5 - 10 winners (Depending on the payout). Okay?
OK, if that is your wish, then yes. Thank you
Perfect and what about the art work?
ha ha, yeah, i am just ignoring spam these days
I laugh some people's comment without reading a post in Spanish 😂😂😂...@ghulammujtaba lolz😄😄 I think our thoughts sync together concerning @hhumaira comments.
Nice one here..
Alot of our thoughts are wild..nd unimaginable
But we want things to run around us ,
Yes!!! You are right, i don't think any bot or robot can express itself the way i do...
I don't think they can replace my art but my science they can try.
my friend thank you. a perfect post. but we humans are not robots. thought, reason, mind. we have. people can have absurd personal tastes and fantasies. these are the factors that separate human beings in person.
I love the idea of meaning being born from rediculousness! Some of my best ideas have come from fits of stupid laughter in response to a stressful situation!
yes this is exactly what i am talking about. Also, my current happiness was born from a connection that i got to Steve....through him being totally ridiculous...i saw myself in it.
That's really cool!
I have only just realised lately that there is something really cool about actually understanding the role of rediculous laughter in seemingly inappropriate situations... who'd have thought?!
Artificial Stupidity?
Lol...
I actually think I have done things I don't remember anymore.
2 days ago, I was going through my YouTube channel and saw some videos I had uploaded some 2 years back....and I was like...
Did I actually do that?
Lol....
Sometimes, it's fun to just be weirddddd....
Wow..
Good job
Upvote me please
hello, welcome to the steemit family,
why not try to read the article and contribute to the discussion?
that way, you might get an upvote.
an excellent article!
really amazing. congratulations on that.
Yeah it is very interesting things and now I updated my dictionary with this brand new vocabulary called Artificial Stupidity. The technology are so much rapidly growing that each second there is lunching of the new terms.
No matter the innovations made to create humans in bots, it will never be the same. Our weirdness and craziness can never be recreated.
And our uniqueness is what makes life fun.
thank's for the sharing @stellabelle, i love it
Hey, a great rabbit hole :)
I diagonalread your article. Hopefully will come back later and read it again, slowly.
Do you know what distincts humans from animals? We humans tell stories about ourselves. We also tend to exaggerate and prettify these stories. And we believe our own lies. That's how we are made.
Another distinction, that we share with other apes, is that we try to take benefit of every situation that we are in. We try to change the circumstances to benefit us. We control others to our benefit. Isn't this the gist of our society and civilization?
Why have my ramblings to do with your laugh escapades? I don't know :)
I am just happy that you really know how to laugh and have fun. No matter where no matter when. You stayed your inner child which is an ultimate achievement in this controlled by the logic world.
Congratulations!
Yeah, thanks for that info! I am thinking heavy on this topic! I'm getting out of my suffering! The human mind feels so weak and vulnerable.....I have been really living, or not living, outside of my mind! It's really disturbing how bad it has gotten. I am trying to make friends again, and now i see how much of live i have missed. Friendships based on authentic truth is essential for life.
yeah, we tend to try to make it all about us...sad isn't!!!
I don't take it as sad. It is a defence mechanism of sorts. It is all about conservation of energy, a basic natural law. Why? It is easier to live in lie than to try and make a difference, to make a change in your life. It is all about stepping out of your comfort zone, no matter how fake and full of lies it is.
You are making friends here. I don't have to tell you the recipe. Here it comes anyways, in case anybody else is reading these ramblings :)
Be yourself!
When you are a fake, then your friends are fake friends too. Look at all these social networks. Need I say more?
This is an interesting post! And that is very true, human beings create imaginations. Thanks for sharing.
Hahahahahaha
This is hillarious
Nothing is impossible in this planet
artificial stupidity wow!
Hehe ....Liked this term Artificial stupidity..
Well some robots are stupid and some are not and also some humans are stupid and some are not..
So quite a mixed phenomenon this is...
Great blog...Thanks
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You said all you wanted in life is to study, learn,share and creates. We may not see you learning but we do see you sharing which is very good cos I lean from Post you've made
Thanks a lot
My best comedians on steemit @stellabelle and @stevenalexander
ha ha! Thank you so much! It's what i have wanted, for so long.
M'y son also watch your videos
haha. i hope we are not corrupting hiim! That's funny to see your kid watches them! wow, just wow, thanks for sharing.
"For me, life is a stream of curious bread crumbs, which have led me everywhere worth going."
This line is so so beautiful. So many crumbs, so little time!
thanks
It's a yes human being derives their pleasure moment in idiotic, cos if not we wouldn't sit down watching lorn OT go out there watching wrestling and that is life
The question should be; is stupidity real (not artificial)?
And did we even evolve as a species, or do individuals (like Dan as you cited), the select few that escape the norm. Those who allow their creativity to emerge, like artists of all genres,often write about the plight of the reality stupid.
And laughter may just be the pressure release that those with a touch of evolutionary acumen and creativity, cope.
I think it's beyond enjoyment. I mean the only way for humans to access some rewards is through an illogical operation. I cannot label animal instinct as "logic", but animals- other animals for example- act in a caculated way. however when a young mouse decides to play attack an adult mouse that's 10 times bigger than him, you could label it as stupidity or taking extreme risk. but when that older mouse allowes the younger mouse to "defeat" him- they form a bond which strenghtens both - especially empowering the smaller mouse. this was shown in studies. that why intelligent lifeform can evolve, and A.I cannot yet. maybe it's the next step forward.
Indeed "artificial stupidity" is indeed a "Wierd" term. and your analysis have proved to be true. It is actually the wierdness behind the term "artificial stupidity" that made me go through the post. I love the part about the fact that mastery and dedication is what makes our art sublime.. kudos.
Magnificent article. I'm even a little tired reading it. It's hard for me to understand you. Affects the language barrier. But I'm sure that you will definitely find your destiny in life. Good luck to you.
Hey Stella!!! What's the first photo?!?! There is only Steemitri, haha!
... I don't know how I should feel in these days doing these crazy things with a mannequin... kind of weird, strange or stupid?!?
Who knows... but I feel so happy, creative and sometimes I can't stop laughing doing all these "Steemitris-Things", haha!
Biiiiig "plastic" hug
Lucas & Steemitri The Mannequin
When I saw the title I was wondering what this post was about, I thought I was going to learn something super revolutionary, but suddenly I'm laughing so much that even my mother asked me what was I laughing at... ahhahaa
Great point presented and super funny :D
Artificial stupidity..... Lol... Sounds funny jst saying it
Laughter is man's response to being uncomfortable, discomfort causes us to bear our teeth and signal to the others that something is amiss.
Every time you hit the "post" button you get a tiny hit of dopamine. That's why this social media thing is so popular.
Wait a minute, they didn't have a card for that?
Good work... https://steemit.com/art/@morakinyo/my-art-handwork.
will definitely check out @steveandstellas
Those Hallmark peeps are definitely an odd bunch. Quick funny Hallmark story: My brotherinlaw was interviewing there for a marketing job (like in the 80s) and
the interviewer asked ,"If you had a sky-writer plane and could write anything you wanted in the sky, what would it be?"
bro-in-law immediately answers, "Surrender Dorothy"
how funny is that!!! thankfully, and not surprisingly, he didn't get the job.
I only have one thing to say :
Humor is the best medicine.
I feel like we are being programmed by the media to think that everyone else is stupid and we are superior because we would never do what they are doing. (Reality shows come to mind.)
I remember waking up from the crazy, drunken antics the night before when I celebrated my 21st birthday. That evening/morning ended with my best friend, Trish, and I dancing with wild abandon. Trish could always make me laugh. Great memories, indeed.
Keep on laughing @stellabelle! The world needs it! God bless!
Cant wait for your next post .nice one
This really resonates with me. Light-heartedness is seriously important. Seriously.
I bust out laughing at inappropriate times too. Owning the weirdness is vital for us all. We’re all mad here.
Great use of “asinine”. My grandma used to say it when she was mad at me, and it was the closest she ever got to cursing, so it tickles me even to this day.
Good thing you found steven, you 2 make a great team, i hadn't seen that supermarket video ahahah, that's steven he makes the most random weirdest most awesome stuff
I've never heard about that artificial stupidity concept, need to do my research on that one, and it's true we are advancing to a world where the robots can do everything for us, the only thing they might not be able to do for a while is creative stuff like videos, songs, drawings, etc...
While i haven't heard about artificial stupidity before, yet i loved watching your vid .. crazy stellzzz hehehe
Do you know of this funny youtube girl "Liza Koshy"? If not you should check her out .. love every one of her vids!
no, but i guess i need to check her out. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the shout out! :)
I have seen many of your videos and I figured you would enjoy Steven's work. I'm glad to see your collab, obviously fun for you to make and spirit lifting for us viewers. :D
I had not seen your video from college but it makes sense that you've always had the same awesome style. Thanks for sharing that here.
I also had not seen Steven as Daisy but I'm glad you put it here for us to enjoy. It reminded me of Monty Python a bit, in their sketches when they dressed as women.
Looking forward to more fun from you and Steven!
Thanks so much Kenny. You alone have created so much value for us creators.....and I believe we need more people like you on here! It's so cool how you help all of us.
Hey @stellabelle , I just found your guide to create my own upvote bot. Because i wanted to start a new project on creating a new upvote specially for the minnows. Free to use to boost their spirits. I wanted to thank you for creating this. Also i wanted to contact you somewhere maybe discord(Bartcardi on discord), but didn't knew how or where. So if you have time i would love some help with it! #Bartcardi
I laughed so hard. TY! I remember laughing like that at my great grandmothers funeral. Like an idiot, I stayed for the whole damn thing, hoping no one noticed. I was about 9 years old at the time. Not sure what it was that set me off, but God was that good laugh at the time.
Nice piece... I like the fact that you support works of art as much as u do. I hope to one day come up with something that will impress u that much.
It's so great to be able to find that someone who is like a 'creative soulmate'! This post has certainly introduced me to some very interesting ideas that I have to chew over a little bit so thank you!
I archive a lot of the work that I have done in the past and so every time I go back I find and remember things that I worked on and forgot. Your experience at Hallmark was something that reminded me of a number of projects I worked on and subsequently forgot (or suppressed in my memory, whatever the difference is).
Lastly, just wondering if you think what you said about art (that is an extension of being human and having human thoughts) also applies to science? If so what are the fundamental difference between the two? This is a question that I am still pondering but thought you might have some insight into :)
i do think there are more visual and sensory thinkers, ie, artists, and then more linear thinkers like scientists who are not moved by shapes, colors and sensory things quite as much. However, i feel that the greatest scientists had both parts of them developed, and scientists who are also creative thinkers are the ones who make the breakthroughs: "Imagination is more important than knowledge" this holds true...
One might argue that imagination needs to be fuelled by knowledge, as some of the most imaginative thinkers (artists or scientists) are also those who are most knowledgeable in their respective fields. I would like to think that on Steemit we foster the development of both arts and the sciences equally, or simply don't make a distinction between the two for the sake of convention.
ah, check out @steveandstellas for more craziness.....we just released 2 shows, different edits...you can see into our minds....
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Thanks alot once more.
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