“The cell was not guarded the guard was asleep!
Only one inmate was held in the keep!
He had the choice between key and food!
He chose the latter for his own good!”
Do you know the commonest fear or question asked in conferences about AI or robotics is not about safety or protection! But, “What will happen to jobs?”
This is apparently based on a law!
Mo Gawdat is an ex Google employee and writer of a novel called Scary Smart! Among the many things he warns about AI and he tells about this interesting law!
Read on!
So when the AI revolution really comes, an average human is simply worried about his or her job!
Another meme had this statement where the person always used to tell please after her command Google or Alexa to either play music or tell the time! Later on it is shown how when the AI uprising occurs, they would spare her! The AI leader would say, “Let her live! She always used to say Please!”
So the law mentioned is called Maslow’s hierarchy of needs!
According to Maslow (1943, 1954), human needs were arranged in a hierarchy, with physiological (survival) needs at the bottom, and the more creative and intellectually oriented ‘self-actualization’ needs at the top!
This is actually a short summary of even human evolution! The creative needs only come in the last!
Maslow argued that survival needs must be satisfied before the individual can satisfy the higher needs. The higher up the hierarchy, the more difficult it is to satisfy the needs associated with that stage, because of the interpersonal and environmental barriers that inevitably frustrate us!
Our most basic need is for physical survival, and this will be the first thing that motivates our behavior. Once that level is fulfilled, the next level up is what motivates us, and so on. This is because Maslow considered physiological needs the most important as all the other needs become secondary until these needs are met.
Once an individual’s physiological needs are satisfied, the need for security and safety becomes the next step.
Safety needs can be fulfilled by the family and society (e.g., police, schools, business, and medical care).
For example, emotional security, financial security (e.g., employment, social welfare), law and order, freedom from fear, social stability, property, health, and well-being (e.g., safety against accidents and injury).
After physiological and safety needs have been fulfilled, the third level of human needs is social and involves feelings of belongingness!
The examples of belongingness needs include friendship, intimacy, trust, acceptance, receiving and giving affection, and love.
This need is especially strong in childhood and can override the need for safety, as witnessed in children who cling to abusive parents.
And finally the last goal is reached!
Self-actualization! These needs are the highest level in Maslow’s hierarchy, and refer to the realization of a person’s potential, self-fulfillment, seeking personal growth, and peak experiences!
This level of need refers to what a person’s full potential is and the realization of that potential!
Individuals may perceive or focus on this need very specifically. For example, one individual may have a strong desire to become an ideal parent.
In another, the desire may be expressed athletically. For others, it may be expressed in paintings, pictures, or inventions!
Even while settling down in a new place you would first seek security and only when you have a good and stable job would you ever start thinking about creative needs or ambitions!
This could also be the reasons why many times you would see people who are older and settled in life start having new hobbies in which they are actually good! Then again the best thing about the homo sapien is his or her unpredictability! Which is why we have so many laws to explain human behaviour and none which can be completely true! Unpredictable also was Ryan in the movie deadpool! A quick sketch of the birthday celebrity!
Now there is actually no law that you have to sleep in the night but then…
Shubh ratri!
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