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If we discard the AI, which I don't think we should, but if we do - my life has been enriched a lot in terms of doing things I want to do vs things I don't want

If we discard the AI, which I don't think we should, but if we do - my life has been enriched a lot in terms of doing things I want to do vs things I don't want to. Very quick deliveries, I never have to go to a physical store, digital government online services, never having to wait in any queue, ability to search and find answers without having to go to libraries or know specific people. Online films, tv shows on demand, without ads. There are tons of those things that I feel have made my life so much easier.

antirez 2y ago
Why this is a result of software complexity? I'm not in favor of less capable software.
- mewpmewp2 2y ago
  I am not sure I understand you then. The post was saying we are destroying something, but I feel like we are constantly gaining and that things are getting better.
LocalH 2y ago
The services that enable the things you desire also create harm (Amazon's problems are well documented, digital government services are often a divide that sometimes exclude freedom-minded indivuduals who don't use a "mainstream" OS, to name a couple). AI has the potential to make the situation much worse, as many laypeople confer it an air of "authority" or "correctness" that it's not really owed. If we're not careful, we'll have an AI-driven Idiocracy, where people become so moronic that nobody can do anything about the system when it takes a harmful action.
- mewpmewp2 2y ago
  Sure, there are trade offs and risks to everything and everything new. Cars made us move faster, but can pollute and cause injury or death. But summing all of those things together, I would not pick any other time before now to live. And same with software development.
  - azemetre 2y ago
    I'm sure factory owners said the same thing in England in the early 1800s. It needs to be noted that the average person's lot didn't improve until 150 years later. There's no reason why technology can't be decided by democratic means rather than shoved in our faces by people that just want to accumulate wealth and power.
willturman 2y ago
What more could someone want than instantaneous consumption and on-demand video? We’re truly living in a frictionless utopia.
- mewpmewp2 2y ago
  I may have worded it poorly, but everyone can choose the content they consume. And activities they do. You can choose mindless things or things that allow you to learn about the World and understand. Both are easier.

antirez 2y ago

Why this is a result of software complexity? I'm not in favor of less capable software.

mewpmewp2 2y ago
I am not sure I understand you then. The post was saying we are destroying something, but I feel like we are constantly gaining and that things are getting better.

LocalH 2y ago

The services that enable the things you desire also create harm (Amazon's problems are well documented, digital government services are often a divide that sometimes exclude freedom-minded indivuduals who don't use a "mainstream" OS, to name a couple). AI has the potential to make the situation much worse, as many laypeople confer it an air of "authority" or "correctness" that it's not really owed. If we're not careful, we'll have an AI-driven Idiocracy, where people become so moronic that nobody can do anything about the system when it takes a harmful action.

mewpmewp2 2y ago
Sure, there are trade offs and risks to everything and everything new. Cars made us move faster, but can pollute and cause injury or death. But summing all of those things together, I would not pick any other time before now to live. And same with software development.
- azemetre 2y ago
  I'm sure factory owners said the same thing in England in the early 1800s. It needs to be noted that the average person's lot didn't improve until 150 years later. There's no reason why technology can't be decided by democratic means rather than shoved in our faces by people that just want to accumulate wealth and power.

willturman 2y ago

What more could someone want than instantaneous consumption and on-demand video? We’re truly living in a frictionless utopia.

mewpmewp2 2y ago
I may have worded it poorly, but everyone can choose the content they consume. And activities they do. You can choose mindless things or things that allow you to learn about the World and understand. Both are easier.