群れで生きる事を選び、今日迄続いて来た我々ヒトは、「コミュニティ」を営む上で様々な経験則を持ち、その其々に名前を付けて来た。
「愛」「家族」「味方」「敵」「自己」「他者」「憎悪」「知合」「世間」「村」「社会」「国」「異人」「外人」「異性」「同性」「婚姻」「親」「子」「兄弟、姉妹」「血族」「師」「子弟」…
その中でも「友」について、考えてみたい衝動に駆られる。
別段、自分が人間関係に悩んでいる訳では無いのだが
今2023年のAI浸潤期、検討しておきたい気がするのだ。
「友」とは？
とも【友／×朋】
読み方：とも
《「共」と同語源》
１ いつも親しく交わっている相手。友人。朋友(ほうゆう)。ともだち。「良き—に恵まれる」
２ 志や目的を同じくする人。仲間。同志。「学問の—」「類は—を呼ぶ」
３ ふだん好んで親しんでいるもの。「音楽を—とする」
出典:https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E5%8F%8B
広い解釈では「自分の存在を認めてくれる存在」、「自分に好意を持って接してくれる存在」という事が言えると思う。
何故、「友」が必要か？
ヒトは生存戦略である「コミュニティ」を営む過程で、心理面も複雑化、多様化させて来た。
決して豊かと言えなかった太古、血縁の無い「他人」とも協力関係を築く事が、「種としての生存」に欠かせなかったのであろう。その中で、「長期間」共に過ごして「共有体験」を重ね、「契約」が結ばれた際「裏切らない」、「信頼」出来る関係の「他者」を「友」と呼び始めたのではないか。
やがてヒトにとって「友」は「コミュニティ」を存続させる上で無くてはならない役割を占めたはずだ。其々の「コミュニティ」が狩猟を生業にしていようが、収穫を生業にしていようが、「コミュニティ」の問題解決が「闘争」だけでは、あまりにも効率が悪い。特に対外な問題には「コミュニティ」がまとまって対処に当たらざるを得ない。「協調」や「交渉」が必要で、そこには「信頼」が必要だったに違いない。
「友」の役割
「信頼」の担保の他、「信頼」を礎とした「共通の利益」という意味でも「友」は機能したに違いない。
「個々に持つ知識や技術の共有」があり、「目的達成の過程の切磋琢磨」という事も起こり得たはず。
ヒトにとって、「友」は後付で人間関係に与えられた、整理分類の為の「名前」では無くて、ヒトが種として成立する過程で必要不可欠な要素、発明であったのだと思う。
AIは友足りえるか？
We humans, who have chosen to live in groups and have continued to do so to this day, have various rules of thumb for running a "community" and have given names to them.
"Love", "Family", "Friend", "Enemy", "Self", "Other", "Hate", "Acquaintance", "Society", "Village", "Society", "Country", "Stranger", "Foreigner", "Heterosexual", "Same-sex" "Marriage", "Parent", "Children", "Brothers, Sisters", "Blood Relatives", "Teacher", "Children"...
Among them, I feel an urge to think about "friends".
It's not that I'm particularly worried about relationships.
I feel like we should consider this in the AI infiltration period of 2023.
What is “friend”?
Tomo [friend/x friend]
How to read: Tomo
《Same origin as “common”》
1. A person with whom you are always in close contact. friend. Friend. friend. “Blessed with good things.”
2. People who share the same aspirations and goals. fellow. Comrade. "Academic..." "Kind calls for..."
3 Something that you usually like and are familiar with. "Music is..."
Source: https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E5%8F%8B
Broadly speaking, I think it can be said to be "someone who acknowledges my existence" or "someone who treats me with kindness."
Why do we need “friends”?
Human beings have become psychologically more complex and diverse in the process of building "communities" as a survival strategy.
In ancient times, when life was far from abundant, building cooperative relationships with unrelated "others" was probably essential for "survival as a species." During that time, we began to call "others" with whom we could "never betray" and "trust" after spending "long periods of time" and "shared experiences" together, and when a "contract" was signed, "friends". Isn't it?
Over time, for humans, "friends" must have played an indispensable role in keeping the "community" alive. Whether a community makes a living by hunting or harvesting crops, it is extremely inefficient to solve the problems of a community only by fighting. In particular, when it comes to external issues, the "community" must come together to deal with them. "Cooperation" and "negotiation" were necessary, and "trust" must have been necessary.
The role of a “friend”
In addition to guaranteeing "trust," "friends" must have functioned in the sense of "common interests" based on "trust."
There should have been "sharing of individual knowledge and skills" and "friendly competition in the process of achieving goals."
I think that for humans, "friend" was not a "name" given to human relationships as an afterthought to organize and classify them, but was an essential element and invention in the process of establishing humans as a species. .nds" must have functioned in the sense of "common interests" based on "trust."
There should have been "sharing of individual knowledge and skills'' and "friendly competition in the process of achieving goals.”
I think that for humans, "friend" was not a "name" given to human relationships as an afterthought to organize and classify them, but was an essential element and invention in the process of establishing humans as a species. .
Can AI be a friend ?
