Author: fengtao

  • Silicon Wings, Starlight of Wisdom

    Chinese classical texts stand as a palace of wisdom built with the ciphers of time. Their linguistic structure and expressive forms are separated from modern Chinese by millennia of evolution. Even native speakers often find them impenetrable without specialized training—a phenomenon not unique to Chinese, as ancient tongues worldwide remain cryptic to most people today. Yet…

  • The Mirror of Intelligence: How AI is Reshaping Human Mental Architecture

    — A Comprehensive Examination from Attention to Self-Cognition I. Introduction: Invisible Transformation and the Questions of Our Era Artificial Intelligence (AI) was once a distant fantasy in science fiction, but today it has become as ubiquitous as air, water, and electricity, silently weaving itself into the fabric of our daily lives. The global AI market…

  • Trapped in Sophisticated Immaturity: The Fundamental Limit of LLMs

    In my view, there are two fundamental methods of learning in the world. The first is the direct acquisition of information through firsthand experience. The second is having others explain to you what concepts are, what they’re used for, and what the world looks like. For us humans, we possess both capabilities. We can learn…

  • After the Fig Leaf of AI Safety Is Torn Away, How Do We Build Its Conscience?

    I recently read an article from WSJ, titled “The Monster Inside ChatGPT,” and it left me shaken. In just 20 minutes and for a mere 10 dollars, the author easily bypassed OpenAI GPT-4o model’s safety restrictions, exposing the biased and malicious “monster” within. For me, this was a stark revelation. It proved, irrefutably, that our…

  • The Last Free Territory: Reclaiming the Mind in the Age of Algorithms

    We find ourselves in an era defined by social media, yet to truly grasp its significance, we must recognize with clarity that these platforms are far from simple tools of connection. They are sophisticated commercial engines, engineered at their core to systematically monetize and manipulate humanity’s most ancient and fundamental desire: the desire for status…