A little bit of neuroscience and a little bit of computing
Yea … it’s the bit I don’t get why people don’t care about this more.
If we’re replaced, there’s nothing really left for us in the terms of the way we’ve conceived our whole world for centuries. Sure maybe we go native again or something, but let’s be real, that is a massively tough transition even if it’s viable.
Certainly feels like we’re on the precipice of being lost to a techno-dystopian timeline.
It’s been a long while in the making, but even so, it also feels like we’re sleepily walking right into it.
Yea this vibes.
For me, it felt like coding was a more attractive term for people who weren’t “proper” computer science and “engineering” types who weren’t confident that they knew what “program” meant or even “algorithm”, as they were working things as they went.
I’d guess that as computing involved more and more people with this non-standard background, coding became preferred. I certainly encountered people uncomfortable with my casual use of “algorithm” because it triggered their imposter syndrome, and my pointing out that they write algorithms with the code the write all the time certainly didn’t help.
Genuinely curious/ignorant … how do you know?
Feudal serfdom. I keep call AI this and they keep giving me reasons.
They’re not smart computers, it’s all of our data give agency. It’s us sold back to us by those who happen to own data centers and platforms that were never valuable in the first place without us.
Cliche, but maybe we should wake the fuck up … if not now, it could be very soon … we’re in one of those historical moments not merely the gradual progress of society.