21 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 25 Mar \ parent \ on: Will AI end the social internet? AI
Confession time. I'm not above this easy dopamine fix. I have found myself in the trap of watching others make and do things vs. doing them myself. This leads to a dark place for me. I can't trick my brain. I know I'm being lazy and not doing real work. There's a fine line between inspiration and just being a poser.
This is a great example though. Think how rewarding it would be to watch in real-time "someone" doing the tasks next to you whilst you do it yourself. Could be holographs, smart-glasses or any similar tech.
The devices are running software that are provably not tracking you and running open-source code customised to your preferences. But they are teaching you in real time how to develop real hard skills. There is no screen, there is no pause/play button, it is just seamless between an action you take and the next step to put it right. Under that scenario, you are getting your dopamine fix whilst learning in an efficient manner, and banking that memory for utilisation later.
That would be building on the work of YouTube but without interrupting or distracting you from the task in hand. Yes there would still be merit in doing tasks "freestyle" or unprompted or problem-solving yourself but it would get us "doing more" whilst being "on the internet" at the same time.
If you take the trust issue out of the equation for the software and hardware, is there anything not to like about that?
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I've thought of a similar idea. When you get really good at it, at some point learning real skills becomes the funnest and most kick-ass game. Perhaps there is some salvation waiting in that.
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