The new era of Technology Mysticism: Generative Artificial Intelligence and its effects

Authors

  • Karsten Böhm FH Kufstein Tirol - University of Applied Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2950-7433
  • Jürgen Sammet HAM – University of Applied Management

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34190/icair.4.1.3159

Keywords:

Adoption of Artificial Intelligence, Technology Acceptance, Mysticism, Large Language Models, Generative AI

Abstract

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) started to disrupt many application areas in the domain of information technology and is developing at a rapid pace. GenAI exhibits different systemic characteristics, it is a trained technology as opposed to the engineered technologies that have been developed in the IT domain in the past. As trained technologies are heavily depending on huge amounts of training data, their behaviour is not deterministic but of a stochastic nature, leading to a limited understanding of those systems.  their behaviour is emergent. Assumptions and beliefs in the abilities of technologies by their users create a new age of mysticism that can be compared with our past and the relation of people in medieval times to the age of Mysticism with respect to their understanding of nature and their surroundings. We are facing AI today like our ancestors faced incomprehensible natural phenomena. This article is discussing the resulting effects from a technical but also from a philosophical perspective.

Author Biographies

Karsten Böhm, FH Kufstein Tirol - University of Applied Sciences

Karsten Böhm is a computer scientist working as professor of Business Informatics at an University of Applied Sciences. His research interests lie in the field of IT-supported knowledge management for the operational support of operational knowledge processing. His current research focusses on the construction and use of pre-built information spaces in the context of university study programs, the use of agile methods for university teaching in the context of problem-based learning (PBL) and the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence.

Jürgen Sammet, HAM – University of Applied Management

Jürgen Sammet is a professor for digital learning, leadership and coaching. With more than 25 years of experience, he supports organizations and individuals in change processes, specializing in corporate learning and new leadership and authored numerous specialist publications in the field.

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Published

2024-12-04