It is Equus, rather than Big Brother

Since I began relying heavily on ChatGPT, I have noticed various changes in my way of thinking. On the one hand, I feel excited about the numerous possibilities it presents. On the other hand, I feel anxious about how it may change society as a whole. Moreover, my work ethic has shifted as well. Tasks that I once believed only humans could perform can now be completed in a matter of seconds by ChatGPT. As a result, my previous excuses for procrastination or waiting for my thoughts to mature seem hollow and insincere. While it may be an exaggeration to say that I always feel chased by something, I do feel a sense of urgency to keep up. It is like an oppressor, but I sense it is something different from the Big Brother depicted in the novel "1984".

By the way, a few years ago, a Japanese boy became a professional shogi player by defeating one of the shogi masters in his early teens. Now, at the age of 20, he is the champion of multiple championships. He studies his own unique strategy and trained himself using AI shogi software from his elementary school days. Through AI shogi software, players were made aware that game records, established openings, and methodologies accumulated by shogi players over several hundred years were actually filled with biases and fixed ideas. Some abhorred this fact, while others actively accepted it. While I'm not particularly interested in shogi, I can understand both sides. It was around 2015 when it became clear that shogi software was becoming stronger than human shogi players. In Japan, there are many novels and manga based on shogi or go. However, due to this situation, the focus of the story has shifted from how the protagonist defeats a strong opponent to how to utilize AI and how to confront stronger opponents who become even stronger by utilizing AI. In other words, these stories are constructed on the premise that if you play against AI, you will lose 100% of the time. It is reasonable to say that losing to an AI opponent is not as frustrating as losing to a human opponent, but I wonder if I could accept that if I were a professional shogi player. As I adapt to ChatGPT, I'm thinking about these things.