I know that almost all technology is a double edged sword. When used correctly, it can elevate you more than ever possible before. Conversely, it can also destroy your ability to live a meaningful life.
Calculators allowed us to do math quickly but there were people who used to do everything by hand and “Calculator” used to be a job title.
Google mapped every single nook of the world and put it in an app but now almost no one knows the how to get anywhere without it.
Phones/social media allowed to us talk to almost any person on the planet but do I need to even spell out what it has done to our mental health?
But the thing is, all of the aforementioned things only made us reliant on technology in a few aspects. But AI seems to be this black box which can literally answer anything. On the surface it sounds wonderful that anyone can now learn anything but just try to extrapolate its effects a few years into the future. Will this become a tool like a calculator where it’s treated as a utility to achieve even greater things or will it actually make us stop thinking for ourselves?
Any thoughts, ideas, words of advice?
Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48725549](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48725549)
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