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The trend seems to suggest that AI will make us think less critically, not more. The singularity posits a massive intelligence boost, the likes we can't compreh

• EGreg 8y ago
  Like the Eloi in the Time Machine? Yes. It is already happening, in those areas where the technology does a better job, such as directions. The vast majority of city dwellers are already fools when it comes to growing crops, hunting, sewing or whatever. If the computer is right 99.9% of the time, why bother thinking for yourself? First you stop figuring out the steps to do X, then why do X at all? If computers get far far better at humor and charisma (don’t laugh, people laughed when they thought AI wouldn’t win at Starcraft or Chess) then why do you need human companions? If robots get better at sexual feedback and stimulation, humans would prefer them to other humans. People would use robots for everything, may live out fantasies and occasionally socialize with other humans.
  • xband 8y ago
    I think a physical paper map is superior to a "smart" phone. I have been asked by a helpless 20yo who was tapping on his phone searching for a train station. I dragged him over to the gasp subway map that was literally 5 meters away. He followed reluctantly, and I found the station in 10 seconds. (Note that I also had not heard of that particular station before.)