I was asked whether I use any AI.
When I said that I don't need it, I was given a strange look and was called primitive/a madman.
Is humanity really that far gone that we have to rely on a data collecting machine by big tech to be our second brain?
It seems that people have gotten too lazy to even look something up online.
Edit: "b-but he bombed people" I in no way compare myself to the Unabomber and only agree on his take of humanity becoming slaves of the tools they depend on.
What would happen if you asked an Amish about living without phones or Internet? Our memory and attention span has already been going down the crapper. I think humanity's been doomed since the invention of tools and passing on development. I feel guilty of it at times when spending money on new, shiny, unnecessary hardware.
Mind you, AI is exceptionally bad, but that's mostly because of the bubble going on, making it affordable for masses when only the rich (unfortunately) should afford it. And the rich have been brainrotted since ancient Rome, or earlier.
I only read parts of Unabomber's manifesto and don't remember much. I think most of it was either obvious already (but maybe spoken fancier) or I disagreed.