Marty@martincrownover@mastodon.gamedev.place

The perfect way to put it. They found a way to worm a subscription between you and your normal work.

A screenshot of a post on Threads by Joe Hill. The post reads: "Here’s a thought about the purveyors of AI. They aren’t selling assistance—they’re selling dependency. You give up on acquiring one skill after another, give up on the knotty, meaningful struggle to acquire those skills and AI takes over. It isn’t freeing up time so you can make more of yourself. It’s encouraging cognitive surrender so you can be less."
A screenshot of a post on Threads by Joe Hill. The post reads: "Here’s a thought about the purveyors of AI. They aren’t selling assistance—they’re selling dependency. You give up on acquiring one skill after another, give up on the knotty, meaningful struggle to acquire those skills and AI takes over. It isn’t freeing up time so you can make more of yourself. It’s encouraging cognitive surrender so you can be less."
WesDym@wesdym@mastodon.social

Replying to @⁨martincrownover@mastodon.gamedev.place⁩

@martincrownover I started noticing years ago not only that many people instinctively surrender their agency to automation, but also their intellect. This is why you see people driving around without their lights on at night. They don't even know it; it doesn't even occur to them to think about it. I've met drivers who DON'T KNOW HOW to turn on their own headlights. The magic machine thinks FOR them. Badly, of course. How many people now rely on talk to text? How long till they CAN'T write?

Chloé Raccoon@chloeraccoon@mastodonapp.uk

Replying to @⁨wesdym@mastodon.social⁩

@wesdym @martincrownover @patterfloof one of the headlight issues is LCD/etc dash boards and drls. When I learnt to drive, at night the road was dark and so was the dashboard till you turned the lights on. If you have the headlights off on my Mondeo at night, the dashboard is still lit up and bright, and there's 50watts + lighting up the road ahead. There's no "your lights aren't on" reminder by not being able to see