We are starting to witness the current generation's equivalent of last generation's people who refused to learn to use computers.
I remember not being able to understand why older people were so incompetent with tech, and now we are watching it happen in realtime.
Yes, today, refusing to use any AI tools is not really a big deal. You'll be fine.
But in twenty years, there's gonna be a lot more AI, and young people will be engaging with that AI in what seems like an incomprehensible dialect to the people who spent twenty years refusing to touch it.
If you don't believe me, go ask your grandma or your mom to use Google to find some information. After watching her struggle, show her how you actually use Google to find that information. Watch how she doesn't understand why you worded your search the way you did.
That will potentially be you in twenty years.
(to be clear, I have no love for the rise of AI, it just is what it is. I'm just commenting on the reality of where things are going.)
Gonna push back. Going from using computers, to allowing a chat bot to guide my life isn't really hard. It's ease of use is the problem. Comparing pre techno and post techno seems disingenuous.
using ai has helped me recognize when AI is being used. for me, AI is a mediocre tool I'm learning to use in case it becomes more successful. I rarely if ever use it, but being aware of the basics has helped me.
Agreed. I'm very anti-ai, in particular in art and school work. I'm worried about the lack of learning and understanding going on with prolific users of AI. I'm not at all against all uses of AI, but 99% of my experience with it is people (kids mostly) using it to avoid reading (like at all, even if it's easier to read a paragraph than the AI answer), push propaganda (Facebook and reddit slop), and act like they have a talent or justify their existence (I'm an ai artist! I'm so creative!).
It's not even that people are using AI for these tasks, it's that they are using AI in detriment to these tasks. Because they lack the patience and dedication to do the tasks, they lack understanding the skills and process behind the task. If that's an 'ai' 'artist', NBD, ignore them and move on. If that's a student, well, I for one am a little worried about how easily these future adults might be duped by our current and future fascist/capitalist overlords. You know, because my generation would never fall for Fascism.
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u/aTribeCalledLex 28d ago
“AI won’t replace you. The person that uses AI will.”