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People have always thought this about new tech. https://pessimistsarchive.org/list/computer https://pessimistsarchive.org/list/computer "Technology is making u

People have always thought this about new tech. https://pessimistsarchive.org/list/computer https://pessimistsarchive.org/list/computer "Technology is making us uncivil", 1990 https://pessimistsarchive.org/list/television https://pessimistsarchive.org/list/television "Television addiction", 1977 https://pessimistsarchive.org/list/recorded-sound https://pessimistsarchive.org/list/recorded-sound "A profit without honor", 1930 (https://external-preview.redd.it/Js-HSYL7H4FuXSQ-ZmSDXZ6uYZq9TG3X840-i74pnrg.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=4f07b5b10b3ed629ade8bc3b38a405ebb7dbc886 https://external-preview.redd.it/Js-HSYL7H4FuXSQ-ZmSDXZ6uYZq...)

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xvector 2y ago
I love this website. It captures how people think they have unique opinions about <new_technology> being bad, but in reality, it's a tale as old as time. No one wants to be the person resistant to change and progress. But the fact of the matter is that most people are, even technologists, even here on HN. 20 years from now, when AI-generated drugs are curing major diseases and scarcity is even less common, these comments will be just another entry in the Pessimists' Archive.
- CaptainFever 2y ago
  I really love the website too. Your last paragraph reminded me about this text from this excellent essay Misunderestimating Openness by James Boyle: > Will we look back on today’s anguish over open content being mined to train neural networks and marvel at how blind we were to the importance of huge, open datasets for democratic, transparent AI? Will we say that the mining of open content is vital if we want models that are less biased than those trained on smaller proprietary datasets? Will we think that open datasets are also vital if we care about barriers to entry in the new world of the data-rich and data-poor? Source: https://openfuture.eu/paradox-of-open-responses/misunderestimating-openness/ https://openfuture.eu/paradox-of-open-responses/misunderesti...

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xvector 2y ago

I love this website. It captures how people think they have unique opinions about <new_technology> being bad, but in reality, it's a tale as old as time. No one wants to be the person resistant to change and progress. But the fact of the matter is that most people are, even technologists, even here on HN. 20 years from now, when AI-generated drugs are curing major diseases and scarcity is even less common, these comments will be just another entry in the Pessimists' Archive.

CaptainFever 2y ago
I really love the website too. Your last paragraph reminded me about this text from this excellent essay Misunderestimating Openness by James Boyle: > Will we look back on today’s anguish over open content being mined to train neural networks and marvel at how blind we were to the importance of huge, open datasets for democratic, transparent AI? Will we say that the mining of open content is vital if we want models that are less biased than those trained on smaller proprietary datasets? Will we think that open datasets are also vital if we care about barriers to entry in the new world of the data-rich and data-poor? Source: https://openfuture.eu/paradox-of-open-responses/misunderestimating-openness/ https://openfuture.eu/paradox-of-open-responses/misunderesti...