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0:04Well , you know , humans have all sorts
0:06of emotions , but I think what’s going
0:08to become incredibly important in the
0:10coming era is the feeling that one is a
0:12" ponkotsu , " or a bit of a klutz . And ,
0:18well , the word " ponkotsu , " it's
0:20something like that , isn't it ? I think
0:24it’s an onomatopoeia for when you're
0:26repairing a car or something like that .
0:29Or is it not ? I’ve looked it up and
0:32that’s how I understand it , but
0:34anyway , it means something worn out , or
0:36like it’s seen better days . That’s
0:39what " ponkotsu " is . Up until now ,
0:43humans have been comparing themselves
0:45to each other , so it was like half of
0:47humanity was smart and the other half
0:50was " ponkotsu . " And the smart ones
0:53would sort of look down on others . So ,
0:59it was an era where those who weren't
1:01smart felt inferior , but I’ve always
1:03said that’s not good , and now
1:05artificial intelligence has become
1:07incredibly capable — I mean , just think
1:09about it , everyone . Take translating
1:16Japanese to English , for example ; you
1:18just throw a file in and it translates
1:20it for you , right ? That’s an amazing
1:23ability . Yeah . So , it’s like ... And it
1:30does it in an instant , so no matter how
1:32good you are at English , AI is just
1:34faster and more accurate , right ? Of
1:40course , I think AI still can’t match
1:42humans when it comes to the " flavor " of
1:44a text or personal style , but even that
1:47is questionable . And then there’s
1:53mathematics ; math might be the field
1:54where it’s easiest to feel inferior ,
1:57right ? Yeah . Because even Fields
2:02Medal-winning mathematicians are
2:04becoming " ponkotsu . " The fact that
2:09those 25 Fields Medalists jointly
2:11complained about AI , I think that’s
2:13basically them saying , " We’ve become
2:15' ponkotsu ' . " To look at it another way ,
2:20humans do have " understanding , " and
2:22Penrose talks about this . In " The
2:24Emperor's New Mind , " you know . Yeah .
2:26That understanding is something only
2:28humans can do . That only consciousness
2:30can do . Well , that may be true , though
2:32I still don't think artificial
2:33consciousness will be possible for a
2:35while , but then again , some people do
2:37say it's already here . Um , how should I
2:41put this ? I mean , humans have already
2:46become the inferior ones , right ? That
2:53means the emotion that will define our
2:55existence from now on is " bumbling . "
3:05And I think this idea of being a bit
3:07bumbling will come to define our
3:09existence — the , well , the bumbling and
3:11the ... how should I say it ? Yeah . Living
3:22within that , so to speak , but isn't
3:24that actually okay ? I think that's
3:27where our embodiment lies . We've always
3:29been bumbling , with our physical bodies
3:31and our inability to do more than one
3:33thing at a time . Compared to AI — or to
3:37digital computers that are like Turing
3:39machines — we just forget things
3:41constantly , so having a good memory
3:43among humans doesn't really mean
3:45anything . I mean , there are memory
3:48world championships and such , and while
3:50I think that's amazing , it's ultimately
3:52meaningless , just like being fast at
3:54math is meaningless . Since being " smart
3:57" has lost its meaning , we’re no
3:59longer Homo sapiens ; humans have become
4:02Homo " bumblens . " But we can still feel ,
4:06so we've become Homo sentiens , haven't
4:08we ? Yeah . I suppose that's how it is .
4:11Well , it can't be helped . It’s an era
4:15where we’re all " bumblens , " so let's
4:17stop trying to one-up each other . Since
4:20we’re all " bumblens , " let’s just
4:22lean on each other as fellow inferior
4:23beings and live our lives . That’s the
4:25era we’re in now .