Is technology taking over our lives?!?

brianlux said:

tempo_n_groove said:

brianlux said:

If what this article says is true for many people, it is proof positive that technology is taking over our lives- or more accurately stated,  that many people are allowing technology to take over their lives:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/17/almost-impossible-to-function-without-big-five-tech-giants

The article does make a good point about how interconnected many on-line sites are, but to say it is "almost impossible to function with the five big tech giants"?  That says a lot about how humans today function as well as about how pathetically poorly many would function in an all out power grid shut down lasting more than a few days.  Our species has become rather delicate and weak.

I saw this first hand during Sandy here in NY.  The level of incompetence by people, first responders, and voted officials following the aftermath was just mind blowing.

That must have been hell to go through- I can't imagine.

I was prepared.  I showed up w 200 gallons of gas, a generator, flashlights and batteries.

Hooked up the generator to the house and we had heat and lights.  It was a ghost town in the surrounding areas though at night.

The traffic lights were a nightmare.  No one stopped at the lights like you're supposed to.  The cops didn't enforce it either until someone finally got killed then they changed the traffic patterns.

It took officials almost 3 weeks to get the fuel situation under control.

NJ had it right w doing odd and even days with your cars' license plates from day one.

brianlux said:

tempo_n_groove said:

brianlux said:

tempo_n_groove said:

brianlux said:

If what this article says is true for many people, it is proof positive that technology is taking over our lives- or more accurately stated,  that many people are allowing technology to take over their lives:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/17/almost-impossible-to-function-without-big-five-tech-giants

The article does make a good point about how interconnected many on-line sites are, but to say it is "almost impossible to function with the five big tech giants"?  That says a lot about how humans today function as well as about how pathetically poorly many would function in an all out power grid shut down lasting more than a few days.  Our species has become rather delicate and weak.

I saw this first hand during Sandy here in NY.  The level of incompetence by people, first responders, and voted officials following the aftermath was just mind blowing.

That must have been hell to go through- I can't imagine.

I was prepared.  I showed up w 200 gallons of gas, a generator, flashlights and batteries.

Hooked up the generator to the house and we had heat and lights.  It was a ghost town in the surrounding areas though at night.

The traffic lights were a nightmare.  No one stopped at the lights like you're supposed to.  The cops didn't enforce it either until someone finally got killed then they changed the traffic patterns.

It took officials almost 3 weeks to get the fuel situation under control.

NJ had it right w doing odd and even days with your cars' license plates from day one.

California (maybe other states?) did the same thing during the 70's oil embargo. 

NJ learned from the past, NY did not.

brianlux said:

tempo_n_groove said:

brianlux said:

tempo_n_groove said:

brianlux said:

tempo_n_groove said:

brianlux said:

If what this article says is true for many people, it is proof positive that technology is taking over our lives- or more accurately stated,  that many people are allowing technology to take over their lives:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/17/almost-impossible-to-function-without-big-five-tech-giants

The article does make a good point about how interconnected many on-line sites are, but to say it is "almost impossible to function with the five big tech giants"?  That says a lot about how humans today function as well as about how pathetically poorly many would function in an all out power grid shut down lasting more than a few days.  Our species has become rather delicate and weak.

I saw this first hand during Sandy here in NY.  The level of incompetence by people, first responders, and voted officials following the aftermath was just mind blowing.

That must have been hell to go through- I can't imagine.

I was prepared.  I showed up w 200 gallons of gas, a generator, flashlights and batteries.

Hooked up the generator to the house and we had heat and lights.  It was a ghost town in the surrounding areas though at night.

The traffic lights were a nightmare.  No one stopped at the lights like you're supposed to.  The cops didn't enforce it either until someone finally got killed then they changed the traffic patterns.

It took officials almost 3 weeks to get the fuel situation under control.

NJ had it right w doing odd and even days with your cars' license plates from day one.

California (maybe other states?) did the same thing during the 70's oil embargo. 

NJ learned from the past, NY did not.

Bummer.

This led me to the question- Whatever happened to peak oil?  In the late 1990'0-early 2000 years I read a lot about peak oil and was convinced we were at or close to peak oil.  Now we don't hear much about it.  Wree the peak oil folks wrong?  Is it being stifled because of concerns for how the public would react?  I really don't know any more.  If we are truly far, far away from peak oil, I would find that disastrous considering pretty much everyone other than extreme deniers realized global warming is real and is here to stay (and likely to get worse).  Having plenty of oil (if that is the case) could seal our fate.

I do know that Dubai was running out of oil, hence they building boom there.  They needed to create something to make money, lol.

The technology has gotten better where we can now extract the oil from the sands and the shale so the US & Canada have ramped up production.

As far as everywhere else I have no idea.  I'd think that we would be trying to fuel our cars w peanut oil if we were truly running out?

So I was on twitter and again noticed that pretty much all it is, is people retweeting other stories.

The same thing can be regurgitated millions of times and still be a "fresh" tweet.

Friggin crazy.

So.  Figured I would bump this thread as the AI world is heating up with ChatGPT.

Have you seen the commercial w the kids talking about internet lag and AI doing their homework?

We are and will be at the mercy of the machines soon.

Crazy that the newer youth doesn't want to drive or go out.  I guess that means more sunsets for me, lol?

josevolution said:

tempo_n_groove said:

So.  Figured I would bump this thread as the AI world is heating up with ChatGPT.

Have you seen the commercial w the kids talking about internet lag and AI doing their homework?

We are and will be at the mercy of the machines soon.

Crazy that the newer youth doesn't want to drive or go out.  I guess that means more sunsets for me, lol?

I want AI to make my cocktails at home for me! 

You need Rosey!

Gern Blansten said:

tempo_n_groove said:

So.  Figured I would bump this thread as the AI world is heating up with ChatGPT.

Have you seen the commercial w the kids talking about internet lag and AI doing their homework?

We are and will be at the mercy of the machines soon.

Crazy that the newer youth doesn't want to drive or go out.  I guess that means more sunsets for me, lol?

Several years ago I had a client develop a website that brought writers and people needing a writer (term papers, book reports, ads, etc.) together online. It was pretty slick. You filled out what you needed, how many words, etc., and a fee would be generated that would either be accepted or rejected.

Now the shit writes itself. Insane.

At what point do the kids become so lazy that we become the movie Wall-E.  That movie was actually more disturbing than Idiocracy.

Any teachers notice AI doing the work for them?  My GF has...