- The mission of CHT is to address negative impacts of technology and promote its safe usage. Their vision is needed to showcase how its overuse can be detrimental to society. The designs of digital and social media platforms are developed to harvest our interests continually. In my opinion, the mission of CHT is needed to educate the public about the dangers of the use and overuse these platforms can have on the individual and society. I agree with them because the government does not have regulations on the content they are producing and making it available for use.
- CHT is correct in their analysis of social media. It shows how its use can affect a person’s mental health. An individual can use this platform to promote hate and discourse in a community without being visible and the hatred can be far reaching. Some platforms incentivize content with mega views; someone will get paid. It may be great for a business as a marketing strategy, but the content may not be true. Social media is changing daily; its scope is widening at an enormous rate. In the past year, my use of social media has increased, I use it for almost every aspect of my life, it is a constant because its return of information is at my fingertip.
- In relationship, community and value, AI can alter or enhance the trajectory of a community with the collection of data for development. Efficiency will be the tool used to measure how well it is working for the community and if the outcomes are accurate based on what was imputed. I would like to know who I am interacting with; AI would not provide me with this luxury.
- This class is my introduction to AI education. After viewing CHT and AI video, I am curious to know the benefits of AI as they have acknowledged and elaborated on how dangerous AI can become.
- After viewing and reading the CHT and AI material, I will question if society will have a need for social workers.
Hi there,
Some benefits of AI technology that I can think of are streamlining processes, adding efficiencies, helping with research or even creating tools to help with accessibility so that we can reach more clients. Your final comments pose an important question, if maybe social workers won’t be needed if AI has the possibility to take our place. My opinion is that the personal approach is always going to be needed as I think loss of connection is one of the major negatives with using AI or technology in social work.
Alicia,
The mission of CHT is definitely to inform and educate. I think, in addition to that, it is to suggest that things really don’t have to be designed this way. We will discuss this further during the semester.
I think the discussion about social media emphasized the design that captures constant attention. Then it encourages divisiveness by using an algorithm that feeds you more of whatever you were viewing. And the information may be at your fingertips – but that doesn’t mean it is real, accurate, or informative. The goal isn’t to give you good information. The goal is to keep you there.
There is a great deal of information about AI on this site that you could have discussed. You didn’t discuss the domains on the website regarding the impact of AI and the types of questions that CHT believes we have to address.
I’m not sure I would go as far as saying we won’t need social workers, but we will be influenced. I would have been interested in hearing why you have that opinion.
Dr P