Comment by Quarrelsome

3 days ago

Tide goes in, tide goes out. Im low key of the opinion that these tools enhance existing attributes while displacing the advantages of unearned social or financial power.

So in the short term the tide might go out but then it might tsunami back.

Same goes for this terrifying political feeling around the world. Might simply be a boomer swansong and the reaction might snap back.

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demibabs  3 days ago

> displacing the advantages of unearned social or financial power

A technology that lets you directly buy intelligence with money will displace financial power?

  • Quarrelsome  3 days ago

    what people consider to be "intelligence" isn't about doing l33t maths, its about self-doubt. This enables us to mitigate against our cognitive biases and instinctual impulses and accept truth, which leads to more useful outcomes.

    All that buying a calculator does, is allow you to do bad sums more quickly.

abathologist  3 days ago

> displacing the advantages of unearned social or financial power

In what way? Sure looks like pay to win to me.

  • Quarrelsome  3 days ago

    if you're stupid then this technology just amplifies your stupidity which means you can fail faster. I also think the inverse is true.