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Timothy Leary said PCs are the LSD of the 1990s. If that’s true, then AI is definitely the LSD of the 2020s.

by dudeinjapan 2y ago

Woshiwuja 2y ago
AI is on LSD not THE LSD smh
- dudeinjapan 2y ago
  If you look at how PCs were used in the 1990s some of it was pretty trippy, so you could also say "PCs were on LSD." Take Andy Warhol's Amiga: https://www.wired.com/2014/05/watch-andy-warhol-computer-art/ https://www.wired.com/2014/05/watch-andy-warhol-computer-art...
  - Woshiwuja 2y ago
    Cursed Andy Warhol MSPaint 1.0 selfie
Ylpertnodi 2y ago
Given "it's" particular style of hallucinations, I'd put AI more on a mushroom scale.
breadsniffer01 2y ago
Tweeted this in 2021: “The current state of artificial intelligence is on psychedelics and we are simply trying to sober it up.” Src: https://x.com/miguelace_/status/1362646383077978115?s=46&t=gJEbI1inzC6i6iHVf9nKjQ https://x.com/miguelace_/status/1362646383077978115?s=46&t=g...
toyg 2y ago
The LSD of this century is social networks. People now see reality through them, with distortions and all.
- dudeinjapan 2y ago
  Social networks were the LSD of the 2000s and 2010s. I would say the "cocaine" of those decades, because it wasn't particularly enlightening, it made some of us belligerent, and at this point we all regret it. At least we're starting to build some tolerance now.
  - toyg 2y ago
    You'll have to define "we all". Politically, most discourse that matters still flows through Facebook and Twitter/X, and will likely continue to do so until alternatives emerge. Once knowledge moved to the online world, it was inevitable that debate would follow. This cat is not going back in the bag. We might refine our tools a little bit, but things are unlikely to change significantly for a very long time - possibly ever.
    - dudeinjapan 2y ago
      > This cat is not going back in the bag. We might refine our tools a little bit, but things are unlikely to change significantly for a very long time - possibly ever. Yes, agreed. This is called "addiction".

Timothy Leary said PCs are the LSD of the 1990s. If that’s true, then AI is definitely the LSD of the 2020s.

Woshiwuja 2y ago

AI is on LSD not THE LSD smh

dudeinjapan 2y ago
If you look at how PCs were used in the 1990s some of it was pretty trippy, so you could also say "PCs were on LSD." Take Andy Warhol's Amiga: https://www.wired.com/2014/05/watch-andy-warhol-computer-art/ https://www.wired.com/2014/05/watch-andy-warhol-computer-art...
- Woshiwuja 2y ago
  Cursed Andy Warhol MSPaint 1.0 selfie

Ylpertnodi 2y ago

Given "it's" particular style of hallucinations, I'd put AI more on a mushroom scale.

breadsniffer01 2y ago

Tweeted this in 2021: “The current state of artificial intelligence is on psychedelics and we are simply trying to sober it up.” Src: https://x.com/miguelace_/status/1362646383077978115?s=46&t=gJEbI1inzC6i6iHVf9nKjQ https://x.com/miguelace_/status/1362646383077978115?s=46&t=g...

toyg 2y ago

The LSD of this century is social networks. People now see reality through them, with distortions and all.

dudeinjapan 2y ago
Social networks were the LSD of the 2000s and 2010s. I would say the "cocaine" of those decades, because it wasn't particularly enlightening, it made some of us belligerent, and at this point we all regret it. At least we're starting to build some tolerance now.
- toyg 2y ago
  You'll have to define "we all". Politically, most discourse that matters still flows through Facebook and Twitter/X, and will likely continue to do so until alternatives emerge. Once knowledge moved to the online world, it was inevitable that debate would follow. This cat is not going back in the bag. We might refine our tools a little bit, but things are unlikely to change significantly for a very long time - possibly ever.
  - dudeinjapan 2y ago
    > This cat is not going back in the bag. We might refine our tools a little bit, but things are unlikely to change significantly for a very long time - possibly ever. Yes, agreed. This is called "addiction".