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Title text: This is how you all fucking sound

[A smug tech bro wearing a sideways cap, watch, chain around his neck stands in front of a data center by a lake with dead fish. A smoke stack blows pollution into the air]

Tech bro: AI is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug man in a suit with cigarette in hand stands in a restaurant while two disgruntled diners cough from the smoke]

Suit: Smoking indoors is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug man in a top hat and suit stands in a factory with two sad and dirty children]

Hat: Child labor is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug plantation owner stands in front of a field with with two angry slaves]

Plantation owner: The Atlantic Slave trade is already here, there’s no going back.

Still Vreni on Bluesky

  • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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    7 days ago

    I actually think that AI might be closer to Web 2.0 than blockchain.

    I 100% agree. I use AI on purpose for things, once in awhile. I’ve never had a use for blockchain, only had it shoved at me.

    I mean you still have people learning COBOL so they can program mainframes for banks.

    Exactly. Ilike Cobol as an obvious point against both extremes of the AI argument.

    “AI is going completely away…” - Sure. Right after Cobol and the Fax machine.

    But also “AI has eliminated all need for X, Y and Z.” Sure. Right. And it also just got rid of Cobol and fax machines, right?

    Things change surprisingly fast, at the same time as things change shockingly slowly.

    What doesn’t go out of style is learning and expertise.