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> I think it's the type of thing that the mere awareness of it counts a lot to counterweight the problem. I'm unfortunately not too optimistic about this. Ther
by MoltenMan 1y ago
> I think it's the type of thing that the mere awareness of it counts a lot to counterweight the problem.
I'm unfortunately not too optimistic about this. There are plenty of things that are bad for you that everyone is aware of: not exercising, eating junk food, spending all day online, etc. But so many people do these things anyways; the human mind is incredible at cheating itself to make things easier on itself, and I don't think this is an exception.
- gchamonlive 1y agoGreat point. I think it's different from AI because there isn't a large industry that spends lots of resources on advertising like the sugar industry does to deliberately make people consume it more even though it's bad for them. There is a large industry behind AI, one of the greatest, it's just that for now it's different than these other more traditional industries when it comes to advertising. And I think we need to fight these kinds of bad incentives in society, but at the end of the day if you don't want to exercise nobody can make you. If you want to delegate all your work to AI, nobody can stop you. I'm more concerned about those that understand the problem, want to change but feel overwhelmed.