I think social media is making people unhappy by doom scrolling all day long and thinking it's real life.
I have relatives that are convinced their son can't get a job, because "AI replaced all of them".
add-sub-mul-div•10m ago
Unburdened by the bias of employment/investment in or general prostration to the industry likely leads them to conclude that the invention that exists primarily to replace labor has begun to replace labor.
FloorEgg•4m ago
I take minor issue with your "the invention" framing rather than "an invention" framing, since the AI we have today is just another manifestation of automation, like the steam engine, printing press, plow, abacus...
It's just more leverage on human time.
I agree with GP that the true source of these peoples angst isn't what AI is or will do, but the emotions incepted into them by the attention economy, which by nature optimizes for what gets people's attention: not what's true, but what's novel and upsetting.
JohnFen•38m ago
genAI is making some people rich. They aren't the unhappy ones.
billy99k•40m ago
I have relatives that are convinced their son can't get a job, because "AI replaced all of them".
add-sub-mul-div•10m ago
FloorEgg•4m ago
It's just more leverage on human time.
I agree with GP that the true source of these peoples angst isn't what AI is or will do, but the emotions incepted into them by the attention economy, which by nature optimizes for what gets people's attention: not what's true, but what's novel and upsetting.