It took me a few thought cycles to put down that question.

In my understanding, we, as a civilization, are on a high wire number over a pit of knifes. The AI craze is full throtle as we speak, with conflicting indicators that it may/will cause the worst economical crash ever - becoming third in less than twenty years, where each was always reported as an unprecedented and irrepeatable event - while at the same time infiltrating companies in ways we are still to discover how ruinous may prove and spreading over the internet like a grotesque parasite, rendering services unsuable and leaking sensible data.

If the great AI companies tank (I can only hope) and the services they provide - whatever those may be - faill, how much is it going to affect companies? There is really no sense of consensus; some say it was the best thing ever, others are registering neglictable improvements, others failed miserably and had to return to the original state of affairs.

Then there is the constant attack from agents on the net, rendering websites, more or less important, more or less useable or stealing, destroying or corrupting valueable data.

I’ve reached a point where I am willing to forego internet and even computers. Even technology in a wide sense. At best, I may keep an air gapped machine, to use for writing and printing documents. But will others do it? And if so, will 8t happen in an organic fashion or will things devolve to a point where something cracks and things just get ugly? Because people are tired. Tired of datacenters popping up like poisonous mushrooms everywhere, destroying everything.

People are getting tired. Everywhere.

  • Toga77@lemmy.world
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    " you can turn that stuff off"

    Can I not purchase it in the first god damn place? “Sure you can but it only lasts 4 years now or just when the warranty expires!”

    Let’s not even get started on the obfuscation of fixing your own shit, right to repair exists for a reason dumbass. Parts are barely available, manuals non-existent, and no one on staff knows how to do shit 90% of the time.

    It’s like you can’t think more than one move ahead and you’ve never spent a single day in the real world.

    “Let’s put this extra tech in and charge everyone more! Fuck letting them opt out!”

    You’re a corporate apologist who’d sooner sell their fellow man down the river for $50 and a pat on the back from your daddy manager.

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      That’s weird. I have a non-smart microwave I bought 8 years ago and it works fine. So does my fridge. I also have a really nice smart TV, that works great w/o an internet connection…

      It’s fine if you want to be angry and miserable and think anyone who doesn’t agree with your mentality is evil and awful. But that’s your choice too.