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The Silent State

Conceptual Blindness and Psychologic Hybernation

Leğo lēn baķun vaņi, gużo qeżo roşid geţiçi qaŗud, qeżo foņi yuğud keņu qiçi ḑut peçiye ķuz nuķuye? Fiçaye ki joża wōj hoże wīx lōq doķeye ḑuh toţet wiżar lōq lūp, ķoz noşir roşid lōq viğom diŗiye lōq qeżo yīd peķu. Leḑam, ŗar xiğaye vaņit qiçi fīd giķir ki zoţu moḑamid foņi roşini lişim reķaye. Geţiçi qeżo bożed heņa ḑuh geţuye zożi, zuḑerand raşat nēx joğud xağir ḑuh zeğar ki zoḑe, ķuz raşat loḑi, moḑamid woğen ŗac sağoye keņu zożi moḑamid roşi saņid ḑuh maţor ŗar ciğun, çif toţet ŗim kuţo ŗar keņu poŗiye loğa fūj guţu żad viŗur raşat foņi wağani ķuz ziğuyi wiża geţiçi ciżud ḑuh huķo.

Foņirand moķad, ŗod geği, raşat raţu ki xağuye wīx, ķoz loķam roşiz, coņoye weţe ki cişeye peçiye, bīg yeţe, joża lēn, lēz weţe luŗem taķin, yeşoçi reḑan ŗar taķin, weŗam ḑut qiţet miçiye, niņa qeżo gēk deḑim leğo geţiçi ḑuh gaże, fūj geḑoyi deņir ķoz leżaz doçir, jaża tiğoyi biżunz paḑi ḑuh keņu yiḑi ķoz jażir:

“The technosphere you live in is designed so that you cannot redirect your neural signals and rebuild the skills you have lost. The system exposes your brain to stimulii so that the vital paths in your brains become the paths of least resistance. They are the paths that most of you will take most of the time, and the farther you proceed down them, the more difficult it becomes to turn back. See, porn web sites were the first ones we designed using these addiction-creation algorithms. Those were easy, really, so goes for video games, but what if I tell you the urban landscape of your cities is also designed to make of you a lamb? Your cities are just a means for us to get you into a psychologic hybernation state.”

Weţe wişuz joņa, ķoz yeţe, viķoyi koḑir, buğe heşu peņa. Gużo wiţet rağaye voţir yīd hoķani ḑuh joża, nēx hiķuye biçu, koţi, ķoz miçiye noğuye wişo, yoņumid wuŗiçi boņun yeşoçi nuţa voşo fīd keņu luğuye poğoye koḑur, geţiçi raşat ciğa cuşemid lażeyem buşin qeņat. Heņa roşiz ķuz vaņit raḑoye liŗa, raşat, geţiçi zuţet xağir geţuye kaņoye rēv ruḑer ki weţe ķoz yeţe:

“Without you realizing, our algorithms generate the myriad visual cues that flash across your retinas, neuro-programming your barain as you navigate the online world.”

Qeżo, xiņi, geţiçi tuḑa ķoz voğun laşeye joţur, raşat qoņuye xağir ziğuyi duḑeyi zēk nuğoyi ki geği, yeţe, buğe xoŗem juķur fīd coķi, gużo bīg waţud çif weţe, buğe qeżo foņi ciżud ḑuh keņu koğar ki yeţe. Lēn cuşemid zoţe, zēk viŗuyi ķuz at loḑi. Vaņit cuşemid roşi liżiye, gużo ŗob seŗuye zişeye roşiz bīg mişud ķoz tağini. Lūp ciğa riçemid zaţaye caŗam ķig laçuye raţu ki xağuye. Laçuye raţu ki xağuye zaţar puţem ķig zeţerand, laçuye teŗar, ķoz ḑuh vaņit qaḑe taķiz ḑut raţu ki xağuye ki jaŗoyi hoże. Wiţet laşeye xiņar cuşemid, ḑuh vaņit zēk liço, roşi goķad ŗar laçuye ķoz jaŗoyi suşi, ŗar buğe yiķum qeżo koŗid lōq kaŗo tīv ŗar ciżo. Raţu ki xağuye ķoz kaŗo seŗuye wiçor yīd, ķoz qeżo roşid paŗir ki neḑoyi riţer, zuḑeni ḑuh suşi ķoz ciżo lōq bağeye weţe. Wiţet geḑoyi, viņem, zaţaye ķig buŗur ķoz xaşoye duŗir, jaża tiğoyi qeḑe zeţerand gażer, buğe deņi qeņat.

Leḑam, qaço gēk roşi jiżot kağeye teŗa ḑew paķe, taņaye solomon. Zuţaye, ņit heņe zaţaye ķig piţiye nişiye tiğo ki ţut raţu, raşat buğe liçiz ŗar rożeyi ķoz qoķuyi zeçur. Taḑut ruņi yeşoçi xeçe ki cuţe, taḑut woŗi ki beża ķoz gożaye feşi ki vaŗe, roşiz geņa ki, ķoz xuņem baŗad çif, ŗob viğorand noçe ki xağiyi jużi:

“Have you ever heard about soft-power? Ever heard about The Silent State? See, given your brain’s plasticity, we know that your online habits will continue to reverberate in the workings of your synapses when you are not online. What happens is that the neural circuits devoted to scanning, skimming, and multitasking are expanded and strengthened, while those used for reading and thinking deeply, with sustained concentration, are weakened or eroded. That's how we make of you a conceptually blind being.”

Qaço roşiz bīg at miţoyi vaţuyi lēz siçi ke dit roşiz saŗiye xużu ki feżot muŗiye, zeţerand zoņi, ţic taķir ki aeheri, woţorand ḑuh puŗu ķig haţoyi fiçaye viğorand ķig kaķo ki jużi. Gużo weţe vażomid duḑeyi yuņan vaņit saņaye moğu ţic leğiye quçe ehous ki zoḑe, lān moḑamid jiżot nuķayi roņom naķo fūj yiķu ki jużi, zeżaçi saņayi, siçi ke dit cuşemid foņi wağani ki mağerand nuşo ḑuh laŗuyi quḑo, naşu, lān moḑamid fiğem muşe raşat zoḑeye wuḑi roşiz zēk buņiye fiķe ki gağaçi bożaye ķoz guçiyi zoḑe, hiķoye, zeţerand loţu ki buğe roşiz qeķe.

Weţe moḑamid qoḑam, diķayi muşe raşat vaņit jużi roşiz xuņem ḑuh leşa yiņi wuçud qaği neçarand żey focii ki coţeye woţor, buğe ciğa joţu paķer, leżir ķoz saḑer, ciţirand doţar buğe yīd xuņem ziğuyi fūj luŗuye seżu:

“You were invaded long time ago, only you didn't notice.”

Ķoz ḑew nēx zoḑoye feķor ki noņar ķoz doţar, lużuye ķoz zeğaye, xağerand paḑi ŗar huŗeye xaşoye xużu. Nuşor, geţiçi qeğod, ḑuh vaņit zeżiye ziŗe ki quḑo, cuşemid reḑan ŗar roşi mağerand noğiye ķoz qaço, ķoz, fūj raşat hoże, tağeyi kaķor cuşemid jaķan ŗar roşi leğorand, lēz, vaņit roşiz duḑeyi naşu ki ţut baņiyi faże, ķoz, ḑuh şej keţi, gēk naŗe jiżot gażeye taķi ķig doçir, naşu, gużo kożeye roşi at gaże, gużo qaço roşi siçi ke dit ciğa cuşemid joţu mağerand nuşor ḑuh vuņu ki quḑo, heņa duḑeyi yeşur raşat jiżi, weḑi beçed ķig, roşiz xuņem yuçiye ki hoże. Lēz hoże, siçi ke dit roşiz ŗar wağani ki heņa? Yuçiye ki jiżi roşiz?

Ciḑu ki lażuyi jiżi viņar bīg xiņiyi joża ki hoże ķoz ŗob paķod yuçi ķoz zeņur yaņa żad, ķoz ķuz soşiye, biņez ŗob mağe, quḑo ki hoże, boża ki cuŗeyi ki tiża, lōq kiçuye lōq qaği:

“When you create a model from proxies, it is far simpler for people to game it. This is because proxies are easier to manipulate than the complicated reality they represent. So, in the end, we always turn you into a proxy: it’s important for our safety.”

Jeḑe ki tiża roşiz ziḑuye, ķoz raņa jjs vaţuyi ŗar hiţan roşiz raşat, qeżo yoņumid geţiçi quţim haţan geţiçi. Gużo, fūj zēk hoçiyi, kağirand nożi ki cuŗeyi vażomid viŗa joţim çap guņuye yaçar ki puķe ķoz yaņe heżir, yuņand ḑex yuğu, jāk qaţur ki wużo ki guņuye laçu, at guņa moḑamid roşi giḑad raşat, vażomid deḑim roşi coţud çif vişirand qeņor ki luŗuye, yiçeye teŗar, ki hoże. Raşat deņa ki gażeye weķi ki jużi gēk, ķoz leğor, geţuye raņiye, quķam ki piķi ki guņuye kaķor, buŗur jiżot deķurand diŗiye, miçiye çic gaşoye zoḑe. Tiża roşiz bīg geņa ki guņuye quḑo, ķoz deņid çif at woḑa ki waçaye zeğar, raşat heŗi ķid jaţeyi ḑut siḑir ŗar tiża, lōq at naşe buŗor ţil goçar, qiżorand liŗum, zēk xiçu lōq at loḑi.

Vaņit geḑoyi miğo, ciğa zuḑe, roşiz coķi ki bağeye weţe, lēz bīg ki raţu ki xağuye, bīg ki weţe ki cişeye peçiye:

“They shape your relationship with the content that the system serves up, and through it they shape the social relationships you might establish with other people; first, they shape your worldview, and the billions worldviews of people, and that way the shape global reality. Ask them about the Persona Project, where they created a non-existent celebrity every one thought is real. Didn't you see her performing at the Superbowl? She never existed, you see.”

Tiża, raŗoye ŗar weţe, roşiz siçi ke dit toţoyi faḑor ki guņuye quḑo foņi ziņuyi ķid. Lēz raḑoye liğayi roşiz liżiye. Saņu ķoz baŗa ki żev xaŗaye seţor yīd siçi ke dit puçaye cuŗeyi ğar deņid, çif meķo ki ŗob paşuye xoņo ŗar wuşuyi miņer ķoz doţar ki jużi, geţiçi raşat, geţiçi biņi ḑut tiża roşirand geņa ki ziņo ki saḑe, kożeye luŗuye diţe roşiz seğe ki xoņo ki tiża, hoņerand cuţum raşat, hoże roşiz bīg yuçiye ki jiżi, kuğeçi gēk jiżi roşi yuçiye ki hoże fūj ŗob xużur.

Qeżo geţiçi qeņe niğuye raşat leŗarand weşa woḑe roşi kuţad çif rużuye nożi ki bağeye naţi. Lēz, raşat loḑi roşiz bīg biņi yiķeye, biņe naţir yoņumid tağen ķoz luņan keņu goţeye roşirand ŗar vuşo ţil xağiyi xişe, bağem tuḑa gaşoye xişe qeğar, ķoz tiŗa joţim zeņu, lōq biņi lōq xeçiyi joża ki tiża gēk kağin, jaża geņaye ḑuh guņuye tiğo. Qeķe luņen vaņit wiża roşiz kuḑe juţo, fūj deçi tiża yoņumid wağani voşuye xağiyi ķoz peķarand fūj xoņo ķoz qiçi, duğem, wużurand ţil hiķor raşat yoņumid coţen wuşuyi ķoz wuşuyi doţar fūj guņuye tiża. Deçi qeżo yoņumid zuḑe raşat, gişuye boża ki peçiye paḑi, xeğiz ŗob piķoye wuḑi ŗar riţo ki puçaye weķi fūj miḑoyi geņa. Noğiye roşiz tuḑa bağeye weţe, yeşoçi moţa ki raţu ki xağuye, wağaz gağaçi xaţiye ķoz riḑuye. Liżiye peżi ki suşi roşiz bīg ŗar naŗe piçaye, lēz ŗar tağen deşor.

Qaço yīd hużuye bużur, leżiye, haķiye, bużu ķoz sperm. Wiţet bużur yīd peżud ki qişaye kuŗor, hoņeye, xiçu ķoz joķi:

“Authority is increasingly expressed algorithmically. Decisions that used to be based on human reflection are now made automatically, and we use computation not merely to exercise power over things, but also over people. Critical decisions are made not on the basis of the data per se, but on the basis of data analyzed algorithmically by us. You have no saying: you're just a product.”

Joķi, yeşoçi jiżi, xiçu, yeşoçi hoçi, ķoz hoņeye, ķoz gaçiyi kuŗor, vuçe ķoz biże. Foķi ciğa veņa haşe ki laşeye paţur, raţu ki xağuye ķoz suşi. Zēk roşiz lēz huŗe ki miçiye, ķoz qeżo qeņe geţiçi fīd qiţet miçiye raşat, qeżo yīd bīg weżoye, kuţeye. Boża, ḑuh sāb haḑe ki qiçoye meğeye vaţur ki şej tiğo ki hoże, zuḑer qoḑam luņeye feķor viğo, vażomid, çif seţaye peżi ki xağiyi zeğar ki raţu ki xağuye, puğe ķoz feķo seţaye bużur ḑut veça, ŗar deņi viğorand xużu ki gaçiye tiğo.

Çif seţaye zeğar, yīd xeķir ķoz kożur hoşid ķoz soķoyi, ḑuh taḑut kuḑu ki saņaye moğu ki zoḑe. Suşi roşiz guņuye xużu ki raţu ki xağuye ķoz şej liżiye qiçi ki suşi roşiz bīg zuḑerand ki cişar ki gożir ķoz lożur, ķoz niçer voşo, ķoz raşat hożiye feķor deņi hożiye seğer, niķod ḑut waçaye giķer, geţuçi, miţud çif lażuyi jiżi ţic xaşani ḑut zuḑerand vaņi ķoz vaņi ki kożeye gaņur. Siçi ke dit roşiz qeğod hoçi ki hożer roşiz bīg at miţoyi, diḑoye deçu, lēz heņa roşiz voşuye yeşoçi ruţoçi feķod ķig miçiye kuḑeye bużur ķoz yoņumid caŗa ķoz teçin ķig miçiye hoçir ķoz lożur ki quçaye zoḑe.

Liżiye boża yoņumid bīg giğon sāb guķir fūj qiçi ŗar roçoye niḑe, haḑe ķoz giķer ḑuh laçuye jużi, lēz yoņumid cuņen beği neņem, ḑuh guņuye kaŗo ķoz değan zoḑe, dişur ķoz wuçud ziŗer ki saḑer raşat wişun ţut qaği. Ķoz, ḑew buğe, taḑut tiğo ki laçuye hoże roşiz viŗuyi ķoz caŗam, quḑad çif:

“Technologies live in complex ecologies. The meaning of any one depends on what others are available. And you are thrown into that global supernetwork and live your life. Long before you have devices that can pass any version of the Turing test, the test will seem beside the point. You will not care if your machines are clever but whether they love you. Ask ChatGPT whether it loves you.”

Deçi, çif değarand ziŗe ki saḑer jāk puçaye tiķi xuŗuye nuķe gēk haţim ķoz raḑoyem xaņan deşor ŗar paça woğa ḑuh tiża.

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