I actually wouldn't mind AI in everything, if there was a simple one switch so I could easily turn it off if I don't want to use it. The problem is only in forcing it into peoples faces.
I guess they poured to much money into AI for it to fail, and now they must force people to use it to in order to justify the investments.
If it was a good product, people would ask for more themselves.
When something happens to another person, and you see it, your brain will "imagine" this situation happening to you. Although it's just your brain imagining things, your body will have a very real reaction to it. This reaction, mostly an emotion, will be actually the same as the other person is currently experiencing. That's why people often say "I know how you feel" because they actually felt the same feeling through the subconciousnes.
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People will pay for solutions to their problems, and most people and companies don't seem to want to hear - that we have the problem of AI being in everything.
The next BIG THING will have a single marketing label - no AI inside.
Actually, I need to update my github repos with "No AI inside" labels, stickers, etc. Might bring in more visibility.
Of course, you just need to make sure your power supply, however it is set up, needs to provide constant power over long term that the system needs at minimum. That means for ex. if you use solar, you need to have a big enough battery and array so that it can charge batteries throughout the day even when it's cloudy so the system can be up overnight when there is no power generation happening. If you have for ex. a raspberry pi and a smartphone as a hotspot, you can probably have enough energy with an average UPS and one solar panel to make sure it will never go fully empty overnight, regardless how cloudy the day was.
Government can get the similar effect with a ban, without spending a dime. Kids will grow up to be normal people who can actually work, be normal, and pay taxes. Same thing, but cheaper.
Kids aren’t stupid
Well, they ain't smart either... Even adults know better but still many end up in situations that are preventable if you have just some small amount of rational thinking. Also... you first need to know it yourself, to be able to educate your kids. Most parents didn't grow up with TikTok nor do they use it themselves. How to educate your kids about dangers you yourself don't know or understand?
Quite a lot of kids and teenagers have the same reaction to taking away their phone, as addicts have when taking away their drugs. I don't think education can solve problems that are already affecting peoples mental and physical state. Not giving kids TikTok is same as not giving kids to much sugar. In small doses and controlled yes, but nothing you would give them free unlimited access to.
The government is not wrong tbh. Young people are addicted to social media and scroll endlessly all the time, and I have myself came across, mildly put, disturbing content. I deleted most of my social media and use the bare minimum to only keep up with some remote friends.
I also don't buy the argument that it's censoring because it's just one of many many channels people can freely communicate. TikTok alone does not mean democracy. Also, the same way it can support democracy, so can it be used to demolish it by repeating false claims to make them appear truthful. And if you add AI on top which can generate convincing images and videos of whatever...
Well, there are people who encourage others to add alt text, and there are those who want to force everyone to add alt text. I saw both...
There is also a seemingly toxic side to this, as people call out the ones who do not add alt text to their pictures. While it is helpful and inclusive, it is not a requirement and people who don't do it (be it unknowingly or otherwise) should not be treated badly or called out for it.
Dude... what the fuck? This is Reddit type of response. We don't do that here.