I know not everyone has great relationships with their folks, but I wish “living with your parents” and generational compounds was the norm, not taboo, in western culture.
Think about it. It solves a whole bunch of worsening problems at once:
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Lonely seniors get attention and (when possible) stuff to do.
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It’d also keeps many out of nursing homes, which is a tremendous global expense.
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Children get a family “tribe” to live with, which is what our brains are wired for anyway.
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It takes some financial pressure off kids’ parents, which buys them some time with them.
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Saves on hired child caregivers (again, a massive cost).
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“Safer” social dynamics, IMO. It’s harder for a single messed up family member to do so much damaged, and offers a bigger support net.
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Blunts expensive housing, cost of living, generational wealth gaps, carbon footprints.
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The structure doesn’t have to be “traditional” these days, either. And it doesn’t preclude assisted living, which can be a massive burden on children.
In other words, this is a problem that shouldn’t really exist in the first place, IMO. It’s not natural.
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Honestly I do like a lot of human directed but AI generated content, like Gossip Goblin, The Patchwork City, Pale Lodge.
I do think that AI will ultimately be an existential threat to all life though, additionally AI in Capitalist societies is a nightmare of labor displacement and wealth inequality.
That said, if we weren’t in Market Economies, with safety regulations and extreme caution, and without absolutely insane people with cults of personality at the helm, I believe humans and AI could coexist in an amazing way.
That’s just not reality though. Still doesn’t stop me from enjoying AI created content.
My grandparents couldn’t even tell a photoshop job from an actual photograph. And my grandpa was a software engineer for the military, so I don’t think it was even about not being tech saavy.
It’s pretty sad that some people are so lonely even AI feels like companionship. The issue isn’t that these older people are undiscerning and easily pleased, it’s that they’re desperately lonely.
I guess the oligarchs, wannabe lords, and conservatives got their wish of an uncaring and hyper-individualized social structure with little to no healthy community.
How else will you make it so that people can’t find anything better to do than work for a pittance and shop?
I work with a coworker who is almost 50. She thinks AI is the bee’s knees. Believes it 100% of the time (tried arguing with me about vaccines and rabbit animals, which I would say I’m fairly educated about). The other day she told me she uploads all her medical stuff from the doctor (MRI, Xrays, ect) so AI can translate it for her.
I can’t wait for the AI boom to explode
Its taken me a long time to accept that a huge portion of the American adults simply do not want responsibility or to make decisions. They want to go through life on autopilot and if they can delegate their autonomy to children, they will. AI is pure magic through, they can delegate without judgment, instead receive affirmation. It makes them feel great and it so much easier than being an accountable adult.
Technically only a HIPAA violation of the doctor uploads stuff. Uploading your is stuff is just violating your own privacy, which at this point might just be a boomer national pass time.
Ok? Wasn’t the point of the post lol
Rabbit animals?
I meant rabid lol
That autocorrect drives me rabbid as well.
That makes perfect sense in retrospect but my brain just couldn’t figure out the typo/false autocorrect 😂
I don’t see why not…rabbits are animals. That’s just a fact, Jack! And fish are fish…and bee’s are knees…wait a second…
Lmao I still have a love/hate relationship with touch screen keyboards. #LifeLongComputerNerd
I’m 52 and think AI is garbage.
Yeah, this “article” is age-shaming when it should be stupid-shaming. I have seen both young and old treat ChatGPT as a search- and truth-engine.
Not this older person.
No… older people cannot tell the difference between semi-realistic AI content and reality
Fuuuuuck you!
-Older adult and his 80+ parents.
Ew.
Some actually think it is real. And my 95 year old grandmother i visit plays the videos over and over again.
Boomers who happen to gave everyone else do stuff for them, does not care that the job is done poorly as long as they dont have to think too hard.
The love AI because they’re trying to get in one last gut punch to the millennials and zoomers before they all croak.
