We were always algorithmic. We were always driven by instruction manuals. There was always some preset logic — inauthentic logic, borrowed logic — behind our conduct. And that’s why all that could be taken, consolidated, and put in the form of a code. Otherwise, where would the code come from?
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Interviewer: Hello, and welcome to another episode of one fascinating conversation that we are having with Acharya Prashant ji — a philosopher, author, somebody who is a lifelong student of Gita and of Vedant. He's been followed by millions of people, and we are fortunate enough to have him here at this moment with us. Thank you so much for speaking to NDTV.
You know, I just wanted to start with a random thought today. We are talking about people who keep speaking about doomsday scrolling. You are endlessly scrolling. There was a news report a couple of days back which said that an average person scrolls about four Mount Everest in the time that they are using their thumb. So, four Mount Everest are being scrolled, but it's taking you nowhere. It's not taking you over Mount Everest.
Everything these days seems to be… you know, you're completely surrounded by algorithms. If I right now say that I want to eat, maybe my phone will start giving me options already with what I should be eating and guiding me towards that.
Earlier there used to be a concept, and people used to talk about free will versus destiny. Now it's free will versus algorithm. What do you think? What do you make of that? Are we really exercising our free will, or have we already become that artificial intelligence, being pushed by algorithms towards whatever we are thinking, whatever we are doing?
