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Yet again, people freaking out over cultural changing events
Posted on 4/18/26 at 6:02 am
Posted on 4/18/26 at 6:02 am
quote:
There Are Signs of a Massive AI Backlash
LINK
Adapt or die, dumb fricks.
Printing press
Fear:
• too many books
• loss of authority
• spread of heresy and false ideas
What happened:
• chaos did increase at first
• it also massively expanded literacy, religion, science, and political debate
Industrial machinery
Fear:
• skilled workers replaced
• social order destroyed
• human beings turned into cogs
What happened:
• real labor displacement and ugly factory conditions
• also huge gains in production, transport, and living standards over time
Railroads
Fear:
• dangerous unnatural speed
• bodily harm
• destruction of local life and older rhythms
What happened:
• some danger was real
• rail transformed commerce, travel, and national markets
Electricity
Fear:
• invisible deadly force entering homes
• fire, electrocution, moral decay from nightlife
What happened:
• early systems did carry real risks
• electricity became foundational to modern life
Telephone
Fear:
• loss of privacy
• weaker face-to-face community
• shallow communication replacing real interaction
What happened:
• it changed social life permanently
• but did not destroy human relationships
Automobile
Fear:
• chaos in streets
• death, noise, loss of community
• destruction of older ways of life
What happened:
• many harms were real
• cars also reshaped mobility and economic life
Radio
Fear:
• propaganda
• centralized manipulation
• mass culture replacing local culture
What happened:
• this fear was partly justified
• radio became both a tool of education and persuasion
Comic books
Fear:
• corruption of children
• delinquency
• moral rot
What happened:
• panic was greatly overstated
• comics became a normal art and entertainment form
Television
Fear:
• mindless passive citizens
• ruined attention spans
• corrupted politics and children
What happened:
• some concerns were valid
• TV still became standard household media
Rock music
Fear:
• sexual immorality
• rebellion
• collapse of traditional values
What happened:
• mostly cultural panic
• rock became mainstream
Video games
Fear:
• violence
• addiction
• antisocial behavior
• mental damage
What happened:
• overuse can be a real problem
• civilization did not collapse
Internet
Fear:
• fraud, porn, isolation
• death of newspapers and bookstores
• no one would read deeply anymore
What happened:
• many harms were real
• benefits were also enormous
Social media
Fear:
• addiction
• narcissism
• misinformation
• political destabilization
What happened:
• this backlash was not imaginary
• many of these harms did materialize to some extent
AI
Fear:
• job loss
• fraud and deception
• creative collapse
• machine control or human irrelevance
What happened so far:
• some risks are real
• long-term outcome is still unsettled
The repeated pattern is:
new thing appears ? elites hype it ? public fears it ? real harms emerge ? panic exaggerates those harms ? society partially adapts
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Posted on 4/18/26 at 6:11 am to Geekboy
One of these things is not like all the others …..
Posted on 4/18/26 at 6:12 am to Geekboy
You had ChatGPT generate that list
Posted on 4/18/26 at 6:16 am to Geekboy
I hate break it to you but movies, tv shows, certain types of music, and certain video games have led to moral decline and it’s not debatable. Social media and high cell phone usage by adolescents has led to increases in depression and issues at school. We have no idea what AI will lead to because it’s still in its infancy
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:04 am to Geekboy
This book was published in 1841.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:06 am to Geekboy
Enjoy the growing numbers of homeless... and the taxes that come with that.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:12 am to Geekboy
quote:
Geekboy
Except, you're wrong about this.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:14 am to Geekboy
The biggest cultural change now is 'no jail time for crime.' I'll tell my grandchildren how back in the day we didn't lock our front doors and we left our keys in the car. And nothing in the grocery store was locked in a cabinet.
This post was edited on 4/18/26 at 7:22 am
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:35 am to Geekboy
I didn’t need AI to tell me….
TL;DR
TL;DR
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:39 am to Geekboy
If it is intelligent, why is it called artificial?
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:42 am to Geekboy
AI is a far bigger game changer. Every train track ends somewhere, as they sat.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 8:18 am to djsdawg
What scares me even more was the interview with Marc Andreessen on Rogan.
He said the tech people, sans Musk, were invited to a high level meeting under Biden and the govt laid out their strat plan for AI. They would basically pick a few winners, regulate the shat out of outliers and control the industry.
Its the model the global blob is following in Europe. Using benign euphemisms like "guardrails".
Do we really want 80+ year olds like Pelosi....... or Musk deciding these changes in the world.
Nuclear power was used for the good......and the bad. Its up to mankind, not govts to decide the outcome of AI.
He said the tech people, sans Musk, were invited to a high level meeting under Biden and the govt laid out their strat plan for AI. They would basically pick a few winners, regulate the shat out of outliers and control the industry.
Its the model the global blob is following in Europe. Using benign euphemisms like "guardrails".
Do we really want 80+ year olds like Pelosi....... or Musk deciding these changes in the world.
Nuclear power was used for the good......and the bad. Its up to mankind, not govts to decide the outcome of AI.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 8:22 am to trinidadtiger
F'that gov't control BS. That is the current DC operation. Mafia style payoffs. I do blame the Clintons for that.
Otherwise, there is a reason the Father Lud folktale keeps getting passed down the generations.
Otherwise, there is a reason the Father Lud folktale keeps getting passed down the generations.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:07 am to djsdawg
quote:
AI is a far bigger game changer.
99% of people don't even understand how AI works, or what its capabilities and limitations are.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 10:10 am to Geekboy
Whoa
Not reading that retarded shite
Not reading that retarded shite
Posted on 4/18/26 at 10:25 am to Geekboy
quote:
AI
Fear:
• job loss
• fraud and deception
• creative collapse
• machine control or human irrelevance
What happened so far:
• created this list
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:22 pm to Centinel
quote:
99% of people don't even understand how AI works, or what its capabilities and limitations are.
What does the 1% know?
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:24 pm to Geekboy
You be you Hal 9000
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:30 pm to Geekboy
Look at the taxi drivers lost by rideshare tech. At the end of the day when everything is cheaper, most will welcome AI.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:34 pm to BCvol
quote:
At the end of the day when everything is cheaper, most will welcome AI.
Can’t buy cheap stuff if you don’t have money from a job or government corruption
This post was edited on 4/18/26 at 3:35 pm
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