I think the reason tech people are so bought into it is a combination of
their careers depending on them liking the new tech thing,
a general sci-fi inspired enthusiasm for what can be accomplished,
a dash of everyone in this industry being an introvert with no friends,
and the misconception that, because they can engineer something, they are smarter than the people around them.
That last bullet, I don’t know if you remember the contemptuous rivalry between stem majors and the arts or humanities, any major that was less “useful”—that’s the exact smug attitude I’m talking about. There are a lot of people who think they could just program away life’s many problems.
I’m a very techy person and am vastly more fascinated by tech from 1977 to around 2010 than anything today. Most stuff today is boring and serves only to surveil and destroy our lives bit by bit. Besides medical advancements.
I like the top comment of the video you suggested. It sums up the current issue : “A computer can never be held responsible, therefore a computer must never make a management decision” - IBM training manual, 1979
Decisions cannot be automated. Many jobs require a lot of decision making and taking responsibility of these decisions.
You are correct that there are reasons tech people are more inclined to like these things, but it’s not really because AI is useful to them.
Actually, here’s a good video about its usefulness.
I think the reason tech people are so bought into it is a combination of
That last bullet, I don’t know if you remember the contemptuous rivalry between stem majors and the arts or humanities, any major that was less “useful”—that’s the exact smug attitude I’m talking about. There are a lot of people who think they could just program away life’s many problems.
I’m a very techy person and am vastly more fascinated by tech from 1977 to around 2010 than anything today. Most stuff today is boring and serves only to surveil and destroy our lives bit by bit. Besides medical advancements.
Yeah… :/
I just like video games.
I like the top comment of the video you suggested. It sums up the current issue : “A computer can never be held responsible, therefore a computer must never make a management decision” - IBM training manual, 1979 Decisions cannot be automated. Many jobs require a lot of decision making and taking responsibility of these decisions.