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The simple answers to the questions that get asked about every new technology:

Will [blank] make us all geniuses? No
Will [blank] make us all morons? No
Will [blank] destroy whole industries? Yes
Will [blank] make us more empathetic? No
Will [blank] make us less caring? No
Will teens use [blank] for sex? Yes
Were they going to have sex anyway? Yes
Will [blank] destroy music? No
Will [blank] destroy art? No
But can’t we go back to a time when- No
Will [blank] bring about world peace? No
Will [blank] cause widespread alienation by creating a world of empty experiences? We were already alienated

  • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
    15·
    8 hours ago

    Giving simple answers like that without evaluating the context and letting anything go on without restrictions is the path to alienation and corporate dystopia

    • crimsonpoodle@pawb.socialEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      I fear that this is to much of a sensible take for lemmy nowadays. There have always been dumb arguments, but anecdotally I think we’ve been invaded by either bots or the general public. But should use statistics to back this up. Another project on the pile.