alt Hacker NewsThis technology is arguably as ubiquitous as a calculator. So long as I can understand that generative AI is a tool and not a solution is it bad to treat it like a bit of a calculator? Does this metacognitive laziness apply to those who depend on calculators?
I understand it is a bit apples to oranges, but I'm curious peoples take.
I am definitely lazier today in regards to doing math in my head compared to when I was young.
I think a comparison with calculators is possible, but the degree to which calculators are capable of assisting us is so incomparably smaller that the comparison would be meaningless.
Smart phones changed society a lot more than calculators did and now AI is starting to do the same, albeit in a more subtle manner.
Treating AI like it's just a calulator seems naïve/optimistic. We're still reeling from the smart phone revolution and have not solved many of the issues it brought upon its arrival.
I have a feeling the world has become a bit cynical and less motivated to debate how to approach these major technological changes. It's been too many of them in too short of a time and now everyone has a whatever attitude towards the problems these adcancements introduce.