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I think that there's an argument to be made that it's having a negative impact on mental health at this point. At what point does the negativity outweigh the benefits?
Some says, it starts in 1947 , see #814214
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i think it's moving faster than most people can adjust, for sure, but there is no putting the genie back in the bottle. We're witnessing a new paradigm
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I think it's advancing too quickly for our established norms and customs. I'm not sure it's advancing too quickly in a more absolute sense.
We're going through a period of dramatic change and new norms will have to emerge to help us thrive in the new environment.
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47 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 1 May
Humans are highly adaptable but the rate of change is significant. I do think it has negative externalities but maybe just for our generations. Like the agriculture boom that drastically changed the way we live and the industrial revolution that changed how we live and work, the pace of technological change may seem normal to future generations.
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The new normal is being an asshole online. Rough future ahead.
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.... probably?
I think there's a difference between "is it advancing too quickly" and "what should be done about it"
I don't think there's any sense in trying to limit technological progress... but I think people have to be wiser about how they engage with technology. I see young people glued to their phones who can't maintain focus for more than 5 seconds and I feel really terrible for them.... but is it technology's fault or is it their own?
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I'm positive we couldn't limit progress even if we tried. I just wonder how many more consequences we're going to see.
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Maybe I'm just being a boomer (even though I'm a millennial), but I do worry about what this is all doing to kids' brains. AI is not helping. I have some students who literally seem to have shut down their brains entirely, and give blank stares on even the simplest questions.
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I would argue that it is not advancing fast enough. It's 2025, where is my flying car? dang it ! :-)
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 1 May
It might be, but there's not much we can so about that.
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26 sats \ 0 replies \ @quark 1 May
It’s going to get even faster and faster. So much faster that we won't understand. Once we connect our brains to AI directly via neuronal links, it’s going to change everything forever. I was a very enthusiastic child about computers and technology growing up. But now? now I’m scared. Not everything has to be bad, but many things will be. Very easy accessibility to technologies that would have been science fiction in the past, and not all humans want to use technology for the good
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We're past that point IMHO.
I think it funny how the internet was ready to scale globally but the globe wasn't ready for the internet and now 95% of the world's population is getting rekt by actually believing other people on the internet and completely missing the "hey you can fact check everything now" point of it all.
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I think technology is advancing exponentially, and I think many jobs are at risk of being replaced because of this.
I've seen it with my own eyes, why hire 3-5 software engineers when I can hire an AI expert with coding experience, interface with an AI that can do the jobs of 5 for less money. We are living in a world where you can do alot more, with alot less - and this could cause unemployment to rise over the next several years.
Position yourself and learn AI. It really really is getting good.
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no. its ging too slow imo
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