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.
> displacing the advantages of unearned social or financial power
A technology that lets you directly buy intelligence with money will displace financial power?
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.
> displacing the advantages of unearned social or financial power
In what way? Sure looks like pay to win to me.
if you're stupid then this technology just amplifies your stupidity which means you can fail faster. I also think the inverse is true.
Success has nothing to do with intelligence. Similarly failing has nothing to do with stupidity.
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I sincerely hope you are right.
It might be copium, but the only guaranteed thing that happens is change.
Remember its coming up millenilal time now and i have hope in this gen.