@aesthr@wandering.shop It all started with Socrates’ Critique of Writing where he faulted writing for weakening the necessity and power of memory, and for allowing the pretense of understanding, rather than true understanding. (Phaedrus 14, 274c-275b). There is some truth to his concerns but, Would you prefer for humanity to not have developed Writing and Reading?
From then on we've seen criticism for every new technology: the Radio, TV, newspapers, the Elevator, Cars, the Internet, etc, and now AI.
They are tools.
The problem is what it always has been: misuse, corruption. The people in power (or with power) that utilize those tools or promote them in ways to enrich themselves and keep themselves in power. Like how in the US politicians are lobbied (legal bribe) to not invest in public transportation and Train systems as to keep the use of gas high both in cars/trucks and air travel. That doesn't mean cars are inherently bad or that they're not necessary or convenient in today's society. Or the big corporations banking on AI to replace workforce & "save" money only to backfire.
Ignoring the benefits of AI as a tool is as equally bad as ignoring the negatives of it.
