4 ms·

This is my opinion as a professional content creator: of course, the boom is over, if by 'boom' you mean the frenzy generated on the internet. But, the ONLY rea

This is my opinion as a professional content creator: of course, the boom is over, if by 'boom' you mean the frenzy generated on the internet. But, the ONLY reason why this is true is because nowadays the internet functions on trends. It was always true that people followed trends, but the difference between attention to any one trend between when it first becomes trendy and mere days later is far greater than it's ever been. On the other hand, the economic and social impact of AI has only just begun. Now it will move more quietly to slowly integrate itself in society like a virus, making us more and more dependent on AI. This integration will push us to becoming more like automatons, needing people less, and further concentrating the wealth of the world towards Silicon Valley, because it will create a worldwide addiction and dependency on something we never needed in the first place.

chii 3y ago
> slowly integrate itself in society like a virus, making us more and more dependent on AI so you could say the same for electricity. And yet i dont see you calling it a virus! > needing people less no, needing people to do less isn't the outcome. The same amount of people can now produce _even_ more. Just like having tractors pushed out farmers that used to hire lots of manual labour. It's a good outcome in the long term. It sucks for those who get displaced - but the train of technological progress runs over tracks made of the bones of those it displaces. this has always been the case in history, and will continue to be until the day we reach post-scarcity.
- vouaobrasil 3y ago
  > so you could say the same for electricity. And yet i dont see you calling it a virus! It is like a virus in a way. > no, needing people to do less isn't the outcome. The same amount of people can now produce _even_ more. Just like having tractors pushed out farmers that used to hire lots of manual labour. We have reached the point of diminishing returns when it comes to technological development. We do NOT need to produce more things more efficiently. That only leads to more resource usage, which this planet can no longer accommodate. Instead, we need to concentrate on sustainability rather than productivity. > It's a good outcome in the long term. It sucks for those who get displaced - but the train of technological progress runs over tracks made of the bones of those it displaces. this has always been the case in history, and will continue to be until the day we reach post-scarcity. If we go down that route, we will use up too many resources. We should not aim for post-scarcity, but rather post-productivity. Technology is no longer making the world better, it's making it worse. If you live in a city, simply look out the window. We're destroying our planet all in the name of endless economic growth, which is only making us slaves to the technological machine.
  - dlkf 3y ago
    > We have reached the point of diminishing returns when it comes to technological development. Every generation says this, while at exactly the same time regarding previous ways of life completely unthinkable.
    - flangola7 3y ago
      In some ways previous life was preferable. HN is a bubble of techno-optimists.
      - dlkf 3y ago
        Like what? The lack of indoor plumbing? Or perhaps the high infant mortality rates? The only way to believe this is to live in total ignorance of history.
        vouaobrasil 3y ago
        Lack of: Facebook, Instagram, 5G, smartphones made obsolete every 3 seconds, even NEEDING a smartphone, AI, etc... The world was MUCH better without all this junk.
  - vouaobrasil 3y ago
    @dlkf since I can't reply further.... I think many people regard the current system of life unthinkable. I would be more than happy to live in a society with tech from the 90s. To be honest, the world has not gotten better, and the small ways it has would be a fair trade for less technology from the past.

chii 3y ago

> slowly integrate itself in society like a virus, making us more and more dependent on AI so you could say the same for electricity. And yet i dont see you calling it a virus! > needing people less no, needing people to do less isn't the outcome. The same amount of people can now produce _even_ more. Just like having tractors pushed out farmers that used to hire lots of manual labour. It's a good outcome in the long term. It sucks for those who get displaced - but the train of technological progress runs over tracks made of the bones of those it displaces. this has always been the case in history, and will continue to be until the day we reach post-scarcity.

vouaobrasil 3y ago
> so you could say the same for electricity. And yet i dont see you calling it a virus! It is like a virus in a way. > no, needing people to do less isn't the outcome. The same amount of people can now produce _even_ more. Just like having tractors pushed out farmers that used to hire lots of manual labour. We have reached the point of diminishing returns when it comes to technological development. We do NOT need to produce more things more efficiently. That only leads to more resource usage, which this planet can no longer accommodate. Instead, we need to concentrate on sustainability rather than productivity. > It's a good outcome in the long term. It sucks for those who get displaced - but the train of technological progress runs over tracks made of the bones of those it displaces. this has always been the case in history, and will continue to be until the day we reach post-scarcity. If we go down that route, we will use up too many resources. We should not aim for post-scarcity, but rather post-productivity. Technology is no longer making the world better, it's making it worse. If you live in a city, simply look out the window. We're destroying our planet all in the name of endless economic growth, which is only making us slaves to the technological machine.
- dlkf 3y ago
  > We have reached the point of diminishing returns when it comes to technological development. Every generation says this, while at exactly the same time regarding previous ways of life completely unthinkable.
  - flangola7 3y ago
    In some ways previous life was preferable. HN is a bubble of techno-optimists.
    - dlkf 3y ago
      Like what? The lack of indoor plumbing? Or perhaps the high infant mortality rates? The only way to believe this is to live in total ignorance of history.
      - vouaobrasil 3y ago
        Lack of: Facebook, Instagram, 5G, smartphones made obsolete every 3 seconds, even NEEDING a smartphone, AI, etc... The world was MUCH better without all this junk.
- vouaobrasil 3y ago
  @dlkf since I can't reply further.... I think many people regard the current system of life unthinkable. I would be more than happy to live in a society with tech from the 90s. To be honest, the world has not gotten better, and the small ways it has would be a fair trade for less technology from the past.