It seems the devoid of empathy trait is a Republican subset, there is little empathy even in the poorest of MAGA followers. The fact that most of the tech bros follow the I got mine, you get your own, mentality is a prerequisite to join their club.
I remember in the older days when MySpace was the only social media platform. We had to police the computer lab as students were chatting with unknown “people”.
The head of technology asked me what I thought about blogs and bloggers. I told him that I thought it was irresponsible and dangerous for people not to own their own comments.
With bots from who knows what country and the ability of the tech bros to interfere with elections (?) I’m not sure that we are going to retain our democracy.
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to determine what’s real and what’s not. And we prove over and over again that we can be influenced unduly. It’s frightening, Carol.
Thanks Joan! Nate Hagens has had some interesting thoughts and guests regarding A.I. on his “The Great Simplification” podcast. Some pretty deep dives, if interested.
I think most of us feel “it’s coming”. I also think it is unsettling to know how much has already arrived and made itself comfortable.
Thanks for this recommendation. I listened to a fairly deep dive between Jon Stewart and Geoffrey Hinton, who is considered the godfather of AI. It was fairly technical but also chilling. Hinton is deeply concerned about AI’s capability to learn and take control in ways we do not intend.
Among others, tech giants run on one fuel: greed and power, capitalizing on human behavior: the thrill of a shiny new game, all technology that is.
Thanks, Ralph. The greed is astonishing, but they also seem to be utterly devoid of empathy, too.
It seems the devoid of empathy trait is a Republican subset, there is little empathy even in the poorest of MAGA followers. The fact that most of the tech bros follow the I got mine, you get your own, mentality is a prerequisite to join their club.
It does seem so. That lack of empathy worries me deeply. I sort of joke that the tech bros really want us to die, but I don’t really think I’m wrong.
definition of soul-less
Indeed.
I remember in the older days when MySpace was the only social media platform. We had to police the computer lab as students were chatting with unknown “people”.
The head of technology asked me what I thought about blogs and bloggers. I told him that I thought it was irresponsible and dangerous for people not to own their own comments.
With bots from who knows what country and the ability of the tech bros to interfere with elections (?) I’m not sure that we are going to retain our democracy.
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to determine what’s real and what’s not. And we prove over and over again that we can be influenced unduly. It’s frightening, Carol.
Thanks Joan! Nate Hagens has had some interesting thoughts and guests regarding A.I. on his “The Great Simplification” podcast. Some pretty deep dives, if interested.
I think most of us feel “it’s coming”. I also think it is unsettling to know how much has already arrived and made itself comfortable.
Thanks for this recommendation. I listened to a fairly deep dive between Jon Stewart and Geoffrey Hinton, who is considered the godfather of AI. It was fairly technical but also chilling. Hinton is deeply concerned about AI’s capability to learn and take control in ways we do not intend.
This touched my heart Joan. Restacked your paragraph about wiping noses, because....yes.
Thank you so much, Connie!
Yes to all of this!
Thanks, good friend!