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Weather or not the intent is as nefarious as you suggest, that type of UI is going to be a boon for a lot of people. Most people on the planet are incredibly co
by chickensong 8mo ago
Weather or not the intent is as nefarious as you suggest, that type of UI is going to be a boon for a lot of people. Most people on the planet are incredibly computer illiterate.
- LtWorf 8mo agoImagine what they could achieve with a non-deterministic computer that requires extremely detailed requests and weird language tricks to be convinced to do what you want!
- awepofiwaop 8mo agoI'm not sure that making the computers easier to use for "most people" has had a net positive effect on society. If an ability requires effort and discipline to attain, perhaps fewer people would take it for granted and care more about its quality.
- simonw 8mo agoNo, I hate that idea. Saying "only those who have earned it through effort and discipline should be allowed to do X" goes against how I want most of the world to work. Let's keep that kind of regulation to pursuits like flying helicopters, not using computers.
- awepofiwaop 8mo agoThis is almost a willful misinterpretation of what I said. I didn't say it should be regulated or illegal. I just expressed a thought that perhaps we shouldn't reorient everything around making things easy for the laziest among us.
- simonw 8mo agoFair enough. I have a bit of a trigger finger reaction to anything that hints at suggesting that regular people shouldn't be trusted to use this stuff.