From no cell phones to the collapse of capitalism
Pretty crazy that I grew up without a cell phone or the internet and I will probably live through the AI fueled collapse of capitalism.
Just thinking about how AI isn’t really the problem, it’s symptomatic of western society building entities that are solely motivated by profit, and now those entities have found the master key to eliminate humans from the equation.
It’s almost like the mirror image of Henry Ford wanting to pay his workers enough that they could buy a Model-T. Companies are going to automate themselves to the point that they pay employees not because they need them to work, but because they need the employees to buy the products.
Bartender… something a little stronger please?
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So do we post our shopping habits on our resume?
It's truly strange, isn't it, to recall how within our lifetimes we were essentially told to tread carefully online, to doubt the information we sometimes find, how the Internet was going to unite humanity. It has, to an extent, but I sometimes wonder if it was really worth it? I have amazing friends across the world, but I watch my younger cousins worry about whether there will be a job market when they finish school. I feel like, as a late-end Millennial, I feel like I've failed them to an extent.
It's a strange thing indeed, we are the bridge connecting Millennials to Gen Z, we grew up in an era that for the most part no longer exists, but we still carry with us not just for nostalgic reasons, but because we yearn for simplicity.