I’ve been listening to “Tech Won’t Save Us,” and the latest episode with Gita Jackson is great.
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I’ve been listening to “Tech Won’t Save Us,” and the latest episode with Gita Jackson is great. https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/319_the_left_doesnt_hate_technology_w_gita_jackson
“They want these things to be ubiquitous, so that we don’t remember what it’s like to not use them. But I do! I do! And I remember when you could search things on Google and find what you were looking for!”
The discussion on going from being a techno-optimist to being a techno-cynic because of the tech indusry’s constant lies—and complete lack of consequences for those lies—also hit home. Tech used to promise clean air, renewable energy, and true disruptions to predatory markets! Computer used to be good! Now we’re getting LLMs in toys and chatbots telling people to kill themselves! Of course I’m cynical and upset, dude, I still have a fuckin’ soul.
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I’ve been listening to “Tech Won’t Save Us,” and the latest episode with Gita Jackson is great. https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/319_the_left_doesnt_hate_technology_w_gita_jackson
“They want these things to be ubiquitous, so that we don’t remember what it’s like to not use them. But I do! I do! And I remember when you could search things on Google and find what you were looking for!”
The discussion on going from being a techno-optimist to being a techno-cynic because of the tech indusry’s constant lies—and complete lack of consequences for those lies—also hit home. Tech used to promise clean air, renewable energy, and true disruptions to predatory markets! Computer used to be good! Now we’re getting LLMs in toys and chatbots telling people to kill themselves! Of course I’m cynical and upset, dude, I still have a fuckin’ soul.
As long as we're on the subject, this was also a very cathartic listen: https://aftermath.site/podcasts/aftermath-hours-podcast-ai-ram-crisis/
It's so refreshing to listen to smart, articulate people allow themselves to be as scathing as they want to be instead of A) toning it down to avoid offending someone or B) feeling too burnt out to do anything but roll their eyes and sigh.
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