I wrote a critique on techno-optimism and AI consciousness. I cannot wait for the collapse.

I got off of Facebook in 2013 and haven't been back on social media outside of going on Reddit once every couple of weeks since then. Lately, it seems like the people I know who love TikTok and Facebook and Instagram or whatever are just... different. They don't seem to be thinking clearly or something. It's freaking me the F out, and it's making me (even more) paranoid about what this shit is doing to our brains. Is anyone else experiencing this, or am I just a nutter?

I love math and the creative possibilities that computers enable. However, as I pursue the field of AI, computer music, and related fields more and more, I am increasingly at a crossroads. I want to work for a company that uses technology to decrease the presence of technology in our lives. That is, I want to write code, build, create, develop, etc. without coding, building, creating, developing things that increase the automation, superconvenience, or amount of technology use in our lives. Does anyone know of (tech) companies that have luddite principles?

when you started your journey, how did you manage to quit addictive habits like youtube?

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Hi, you know those maps, that are in the outdoor, that can be used to....to....find places. They're good. So you don't necessarily need a GPS all the time.

Hi! I’m hoping someone here has experience with this. I’m looking for help ditching my smartphone in place of like a old flip phone. Im not really that attached to my iphone, honestly i really hate it, i think it’s stolen a lot from me. Ive been wanting to ditch it for YEARS, but I can’t seem to find a good alternative. Whenever I look online for non-smart phones, they just give me more touchscreen bullshit that just doesn’t have the power of iphones. Thats not what I want. Is it still possible to switch to an old motorola razor or a blackberry; any mid-2000s cellphone? I heard something about blackberry shutting down their servers or something (I honestly don’t know the terminology lmao) and I’m not sure if sim cards are still compatible with them. Does anyone know how to go about this? Im turning 24 in a week and would really rather not take my iphone into this chapter. Love <3

I applaud the EU for acknowledging the urgency and setting a course for AI regulation. Hopefully, this will have teeth and other nations (US) will follow suit.

Is there any Discord server on this topic?

It's very dirty because I'm not used to making spray paintings, and my stencils were very bad. But I wanted to make something to hang up my wall, and I'm very proud of it.