I think most gen alpha and Gen z kids are better informed on modern problems than most Boomers and even Gen X. Remember “the internet is a series of tubes” guy? Most of our politicians are very out of touch with technology. Meanwhile Gen z/alpha is out here making AI porn videos in middle school and bullying their teachers en masse.
tubes: heh, as hilarious as he was, he wasn’t entirely wrong. It basically is.
tech: it’s coming full circle, with studies showing the latest generation are increasingly tech illiterate. Like how people stopped knowing how to change their own tires on their cars; people use tech, but have no idea about how the magic box works or do anything if it glitches. Also, bad typing is becoming a thing again.
(Vaguely related, I read a review on a budget phone yesterday that gave it 1 star because typing SMSes was too slow and difficult. It used the old Nokia numberpad, and they’d never dealt with one before.)
Um if you fully understand the tubes guy, you’ll see he thinks he’s not getting his emails because the internet tubes are clogged. He wasn’t right. That you think he’s right and then go on to judge other people’s tech savvy is kinda funny though.
Car tires aren’t changing the world like AI is. Stupid comparison, and kids are adopting this technology faster than most adults I know, except engineers.
How good are/were your grandparents at texting? How good do you think congress as a whole would be with sending a text? How fast and comfortable would they be with it? And compare that with pretty much any middle schooler.
You don’t have to learn old tech to know modern tech. Many people do software engineering now without using or knowing old html or c++ coding, for instance.
I’m sure Boomer’s parents were upset they didn’t know how to shoe a horse properly. That’s the nature of technology though. Get with the times.
tubes: sure, that part was wrong. But “the internet being a series of tubes” is basically right, and things like DDOS attacks can ‘clog the tubes’. He understood the internet better than most people!
As for the rest, I think you’ve completely misunderstood what I wrote. I purposefully didn’t include an analogy like “rebuild an engine”, but rather specifically chose to refer to the most basic, simple tasks outside of “turn on and go”.
Like using a keyboard for typing. The kind laptops have, for example.
Bruh who fucking cares about changing a tire or using a keyboard when they have work arounds for that? Knowing how AI works is VITAL moving forward. AI is truly going to change the world like cellphones and the internet did. It allows almost everyone to be a tiny capitalist, who can now afford a secretary, a marketer, and other virtual staff through AI. Not to mention concerns with the internet such as data mining, specialized advertising, and cloud security, which I would STILL trust a random 16 year old’s opinion about over most of congress.
A younger person can learn to do simple things like type on a keyboard. I don’t think most of our congresspeople can learn about AI.
you’re the person who compared people who understand how it works vs people who use it, and now you’re removed I allowed your faulty parallel to continue? 🤦♂️
you’re being a combination of disingenious and stupid, so I’m out. 👍
(But to clarify: none of your 16 yos know how AI works, and I seriously doubt you do too)
Lol, one if my exes was a lead researcher for machine learning at Berkeley and MIT. I’m not am expert but I have very good understanding from my conversations with him. Ironically, I use similar methods as a Dominatrix to train my subs, as he did to train his AI. Wouldn’t think there would be so much in common but yeah.
Middle schoolers indeed are using AI, let alone 16 year olds.
I am not confusing these things. To make stuff with AI, you have to understand how it functions at some level. Just like to use a shovel, you have to understand that the blade penetrates the ground, and you have to put weight on it to help it go deeper. Then use like a lever to pull up dirt.
I do not mean that someone needs to learn how to make a shovel itself.
You understand there’s “how something is made” and “how something is used” and both are “how something works” right? Anatomy versus physiology.
You don’t know what a typo is, sweaty? I have a thumb injury, makes it hard to type 👍
I think most gen alpha and Gen z kids are better informed on modern problems than most Boomers and even Gen X. Remember “the internet is a series of tubes” guy? Most of our politicians are very out of touch with technology. Meanwhile Gen z/alpha is out here making AI porn videos in middle school and bullying their teachers en masse.
tubes: heh, as hilarious as he was, he wasn’t entirely wrong. It basically is.
tech: it’s coming full circle, with studies showing the latest generation are increasingly tech illiterate. Like how people stopped knowing how to change their own tires on their cars; people use tech, but have no idea about how the magic box works or do anything if it glitches. Also, bad typing is becoming a thing again.
(Vaguely related, I read a review on a budget phone yesterday that gave it 1 star because typing SMSes was too slow and difficult. It used the old Nokia numberpad, and they’d never dealt with one before.)
Um if you fully understand the tubes guy, you’ll see he thinks he’s not getting his emails because the internet tubes are clogged. He wasn’t right. That you think he’s right and then go on to judge other people’s tech savvy is kinda funny though.
Car tires aren’t changing the world like AI is. Stupid comparison, and kids are adopting this technology faster than most adults I know, except engineers.
How good are/were your grandparents at texting? How good do you think congress as a whole would be with sending a text? How fast and comfortable would they be with it? And compare that with pretty much any middle schooler.
You don’t have to learn old tech to know modern tech. Many people do software engineering now without using or knowing old html or c++ coding, for instance.
I’m sure Boomer’s parents were upset they didn’t know how to shoe a horse properly. That’s the nature of technology though. Get with the times.
tubes: sure, that part was wrong. But “the internet being a series of tubes” is basically right, and things like DDOS attacks can ‘clog the tubes’. He understood the internet better than most people!
As for the rest, I think you’ve completely misunderstood what I wrote. I purposefully didn’t include an analogy like “rebuild an engine”, but rather specifically chose to refer to the most basic, simple tasks outside of “turn on and go”.
Like using a keyboard for typing. The kind laptops have, for example.
Bruh who fucking cares about changing a tire or using a keyboard when they have work arounds for that? Knowing how AI works is VITAL moving forward. AI is truly going to change the world like cellphones and the internet did. It allows almost everyone to be a tiny capitalist, who can now afford a secretary, a marketer, and other virtual staff through AI. Not to mention concerns with the internet such as data mining, specialized advertising, and cloud security, which I would STILL trust a random 16 year old’s opinion about over most of congress.
A younger person can learn to do simple things like type on a keyboard. I don’t think most of our congresspeople can learn about AI.
you’re the person who compared people who understand how it works vs people who use it, and now you’re removed I allowed your faulty parallel to continue? 🤦♂️
you’re being a combination of disingenious and stupid, so I’m out. 👍
(But to clarify: none of your 16 yos know how AI works, and I seriously doubt you do too)
Lol, one if my exes was a lead researcher for machine learning at Berkeley and MIT. I’m not am expert but I have very good understanding from my conversations with him. Ironically, I use similar methods as a Dominatrix to train my subs, as he did to train his AI. Wouldn’t think there would be so much in common but yeah.
Middle schoolers indeed are using AI, let alone 16 year olds.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-03/scandal-over-ai-generated-nudes-at-beverly-hills-middle-school-highlights-gaps-in-law
one “if” your exes? I thought you said you knew how to spell?
and again, you’ve confused “using” something with “how it works”, making everything you’ve written meaningless nonsense.
I am not confusing these things. To make stuff with AI, you have to understand how it functions at some level. Just like to use a shovel, you have to understand that the blade penetrates the ground, and you have to put weight on it to help it go deeper. Then use like a lever to pull up dirt.
I do not mean that someone needs to learn how to make a shovel itself.
You understand there’s “how something is made” and “how something is used” and both are “how something works” right? Anatomy versus physiology.
You don’t know what a typo is, sweaty? I have a thumb injury, makes it hard to type 👍