i’m already starting to see this with friends in my life who have onboarded AI into their lives completely.
That’s bleak. I want to say something positive but I can’t think of anything. I think of AI like a drug that can be highly addictive and destructive for some people. And like people with substance abuse problems - they won’t admit they even have a problem. What can you do?
It is incredibly bleak. A good friend I’ve got nearly 10 years of work history nearly unrecognizable to me today. At first I suspected substance abuse but when I had a chance to really chat, they confessed to me. It could also still be substance abuse too
It’s actually been something that’s forced me to shift my perspective. I don’t buy the propaganda of the luddification of anti-AI folks, that we’ll be like those who refused to learn computers before the turn of the millennium. I actually think the technology is useful in niche and potentially broader situations. I will however never understand why the hell everyone is so comfortable providing their training data to other people’s servers FOR FREE??? Some of them even pay for the privilege! This isn’t even touching the data heists being pulled off in clear daylight which should at the very least land some people in prison.
I could go on, but… these days I feel more comfortable keeping my thoughts off the Internet.
Reminder to USians to download DeepSeek before it gets banned.
I’m curious what they are doing instead of spending time on the internet though? is it that they simply replace the time they might have spent searching with scrolling through reels or whatever? or are they touching grass?
That’s bleak. I want to say something positive but I can’t think of anything. I think of AI like a drug that can be highly addictive and destructive for some people. And like people with substance abuse problems - they won’t admit they even have a problem. What can you do?
It is incredibly bleak. A good friend I’ve got nearly 10 years of work history nearly unrecognizable to me today. At first I suspected substance abuse but when I had a chance to really chat, they confessed to me. It could also still be substance abuse too
It’s actually been something that’s forced me to shift my perspective. I don’t buy the propaganda of the luddification of anti-AI folks, that we’ll be like those who refused to learn computers before the turn of the millennium. I actually think the technology is useful in niche and potentially broader situations. I will however never understand why the hell everyone is so comfortable providing their training data to other people’s servers FOR FREE??? Some of them even pay for the privilege! This isn’t even touching the data heists being pulled off in clear daylight which should at the very least land some people in prison.
I could go on, but… these days I feel more comfortable keeping my thoughts off the Internet.
Reminder to USians to download DeepSeek before it gets banned.
It might not get banned. They might figure out a lowish cost way to bribe Trump. He gets some goodies and they get to stay in the American market.
Well regardless, if you’re interested in and have the resources, host your own AI agents locally :)
I’m curious what they are doing instead of spending time on the internet though? is it that they simply replace the time they might have spent searching with scrolling through reels or whatever? or are they touching grass?
allegedly touching grass. realistically probably tiktok/reels.