The wealthy owners of tech companies and other businesses will keep maximizing profits, just as capitalism demands. I think my kids will be learning skilled trades instead. AI will never replace builders or electricians.
It still requires you to have skills. If anything, the scope of your knowledge just keeps expanding. I don’t really see any downsides, especially since it makes you money.
It was a little sad to read this. It’s so easy to get lost in work and everyday life, lose your interests, and even lose the ability to just stop and take things in.
Honestly, a lot of programming is just knowing the right little trick at the right moment. You don't need to know everything, you just need to know where to look.
I’m mostly talking about their iPhones, where new updates sometimes make older models worse. I know a lot of people whose iPhones started lagging after iOS updates.
The "choke point" approach makes more sense. Regulating a few large logistics companies is much easier than enforcing rules on millions of small sellers. The risk is that EU regulation ends up becoming a competitive advantage for Amazon and other big platforms.
I also find listening more interesting than reading. Sometimes I even do it while working, if the job is routine and not too complicated. But technical books and materials have to be actually read, sometimes several times over...
From what I’ve noticed, Apple products have been getting worse in quality year after year. Sometimes they even ruin their own devices with updates... I guess it’s all because of marketing.
We really do live in an age of hypocrisy in pretty much every area of life. Of course it gets exhausting. Everything feels fake - movies, emotions, ambitions, even people themselves. For me, it’s important to keep my own identity and interests. And that’s not just about AI.
Honestly, it’s easier to find a good movie than a good book, because books are way cheaper to publish. These days, the quality of pretty much all kinds of content has become a problem...
It all sounds like some kind of conspiracy theory, but over the past five years, a lot of conspiracy theories have turned out to be true. That’s pretty creepy.