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Squall28 posted...

Am I at the old man yells at clouds phase when I think the new generation is going to be severely hampered from not being able to write on their own? I wonder if this is how boomers felt about calculators.

Its deeper than that the old generation always fears and demonizes the technology that makes something they spent decades learning obsolete in months.

And its always based on their limited perspective. Most adults cant do basic math with a pen and paper one year after high school (assuming they ever could), old men yell at the clouds screaming how calculators ruined math. but it didnt, not even a little bit. Now we can do so much more math because mathematicians can now do countless more calculations they can work on bigger problems.

Oh god, people wont know how to write emails. First yes they will, they absolutely will, because no one is talking about removing properly worded emails from the ecosystem. Second most people dont know how to write them now, AI might help those who suck at it, last if it is a skill that is lost to time well survive.

My grandfathers grandfather use to make horseshoes, like his father and his father before him. I have no idea how to make horseshoes yet the world keeps turning.

We are lucky to be pioneers of this amazing moment in history, we get to shape how this tech will impact society for years to come. We could yell at the clouds about what is being lost or we could help develop it so it preserves what we care about most.