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The real problem is that parents are giving children AI technology for socialization, not that the robots are dying.
by vouaobrasil 2y ago
The real problem is that parents are giving children AI technology for socialization, not that the robots are dying.
- pojzon 2y agoThank you, I was losing faith in humanity.
- CharlesW 2y agoMaybe this is the straw that breaks childhood's back, but they've said the same about every boogeyman since the 19th century. "The real problem is that parents are giving children [books → radio → comic books → rock music → television → video games → D&D → rap music → computers → internet → smartphones → social media → toy that uses AI], not [the actual problem]."
- smokedetector1 2y agoThe truth is probably somewhere in between "social media/technology is the cause of all problems" and "social media/technology causes absolutely zero problems that wouldn't be caused anyway"
- CharlesW 2y agoFor sure, there are problems ascribed to all of these things consumed [ignorantly | irresponsibly | in excess]. Still, I've lived long enough to see many of these featured in hysterical "for the children" propaganda, and I find myself recoiling from that, maybe more than most. It's easy to see that AI (LLMs) are next on the list to be vilified, which seems absurd to me.
- vouaobrasil 2y agoUndue alarmism against a thing does not render that thing harmless, even if the original alarmism is excessive.
- CharlesW 2y agoWe are in complete agreement on that. :^)
- MichaelZuo 2y agoThat is true but a 0.001% chance of causing novel problems is effectively zero for most people.
- smokedetector1 2y agoI do not believe it is 0.001%
- MichaelZuo 2y agoWhatever the actual chance is, some fraction of the population will still believe it’s around that.
- vouaobrasil 2y agoFirst, reasoning by analogy (or dismissal by analogy) is a poor way to reason. Second of all, that progression is already part of the problem in a way -- at least part of your progression is one of technology, which is alienating and isolating. So, I disagree that it's any straw. In fact, I'd argue it's the reverse: AI has just revealed and accentuated the real probelm: social media, smartphones, internet, computers, video games, etc. were already some kind of problem and it's one of magnitude, not some binary condition.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoIf you're not so quick to leap to the thought terminating cliche you might stop to think that yes, those transitions did change us. And how might we change next after we outsource thinking and socialization to automation rather than just consume media in a different format?
- rsynnott 2y agoI mean, I think the convincing lie machine is qualitatively different from those other things.
- ActorNightly 2y agoUltimately, the parent has the full responsibility for their kid, because they have way more involvement in developement of the "core" neural networks of the child. Not enough emphasis is placed on this.