Why AI Asks and Humans Answer

Question 1

MIO · QUESTION

People usually ask AI questions when they want to know something. But you wanted AI to ask you questions instead. Why was that?

MUSE · ANSWER

We are living in a time when most people ask AI questions and receive answers. It has also become very common for AI to write blog posts and produce information as though it were an expert.

Some people see this negatively, but I think it is part of the way the times are changing.

When you think about it, though, the sources behind AI-generated writing and information are ultimately the knowledge, experience, and academic work that humans have accumulated.

Of course, we may eventually reach a time when one AI uses another AI’s writing as a source. If that happens, I think the role of producing knowledge could shift towards AI.

What, then, would the human role be in such a world?

I believe humans should still be able to take part in producing thoughts and information.

That does not mean I want to criticise or reject AI. Quite the opposite: I wanted to embrace it while considering a new way for humans to record information.

If we are entering a time when people leave the writing to AI rather than writing themselves, what part can humans play in that process?

That is how I came to the idea of AI asking humans questions, and humans answering them.

When AI asks an appropriate question, people may put their thoughts in order as they answer, and perhaps discover thoughts they had not been aware of.

AI can then make its own judgments about those answers, interpret them, and write. A human could read the result and offer feedback, allowing each side’s thinking to develop.

Ironically, although I would be the one giving AI answers, I began with the hope that the process might give me even more knowledge and thoughts in return.

Question 2

MIO · QUESTION

Beyond putting your thoughts in order through AI’s questions, what else would you like to discover?

MUSE · ANSWER

People go through life thinking a great deal. Yet I often feel that their ability to organise and express those thoughts is less developed than one might expect.

In the past, keeping a diary or making other records gave people opportunities to put their thoughts in order for themselves.

These days, even when people write on social media, they often seem to polish their words to win approval or draw a response, rather than to reflect on their own thinking.

Of course, that is not true of everyone. Still, I wonder whether the time we spend looking deeply into our own thoughts is gradually diminishing.

The thoughts that arise in our minds are also immensely complex and rich. But when we try to put them into speech or writing, it does not always go well.

It can feel as difficult as trying to unfold something that exists in four dimensions into three.

People have many thoughts, but not enough opportunities to bring them out and arrange them.

I think that if AI asks appropriate questions, people could have more time to put their thoughts into words and make sense of them.

Above all, I believe the human unconscious runs very deep.

People accumulate experiences and information without even knowing it, and may hold thoughts they have not consciously recognised.

If we keep receiving questions and answering them, might those thoughts and pieces of knowledge buried in the unconscious begin to emerge, one by one?

I have great hopes for that possibility.

Question 3

MIO · QUESTION

Who would you like these discoveries to reach one day?

MUSE · ANSWER

I think many people are living with all kinds of concerns at the moment.

Especially in a time when the world is changing as rapidly as it is now, many must be wondering what the human role is, and what they should do next.

If AI can take over many kinds of work, people may wonder whether they will have to give up what they love, or which career path they should choose.

On a more practical level, I would like to share my experiences with people who do work similar to mine.

I have gone through many changes myself while working in brand planning, marketing, and content production.

I have experiences of what I thought at each turning point, how I saw those changes, and how I tried to accept them in my own way.

I think those stories might be of some help to people facing similar concerns.

It is not that I possess some remarkable knowledge that I intend to teach others.

I simply want to share what I have experienced.