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The surprising origin of 4 features that superglue kids–and adults–to screens
- xtiansimon 6mo agoNot surprising until the last: “Feature 4: teasing, or giving you almost what you want“. Think about Instagram, it’s a subtle thing to not deliver when the content is not yours (Instagram does not produce content). But, who hasn’t had one of those ChatAi sessions!? I prolly couldn’t imagine it before recent Debian server crash. ChatAi quietly changing my Python tooling, ignoring my prompt and the evidence in my pasted output, before I realized it wasn’t my stack. Not saying its true, but it’s not the first time I felt strung out by a circular chat ignoring my instructions.
- latexr 6mo agoThe four features, which are expanded upon on in the article: * Solitude. * Bottomlessness. * Speed. * Teasing, or giving you almost what you want.