eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoExperts Warn of Humans Becoming Empty Vessels Controlled by AI: Being lulled into our slowly unfolding doom.futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down112
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minus-squareBooBees@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·4 days agoKinda too late, reality tv and streaming fame (so the for profit algorithms) did most of the work by convincing everybody they should aspire to look plastic, act like an asshole, get famous, and produce nothing of real substance.
minus-squareartifex@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoIn fairness every kind of mass media has been doing that for a century plus. The difference with social media is that it is much more effective.
minus-squareBooBees@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoAnd tracking down dissenters has become entirely possible down to the individuals thanks to how social media and technology has been implemented.
Kinda too late, reality tv and streaming fame (so the for profit algorithms) did most of the work by convincing everybody they should aspire to look plastic, act like an asshole, get famous, and produce nothing of real substance.
In fairness every kind of mass media has been doing that for a century plus. The difference with social media is that it is much more effective.
And tracking down dissenters has become entirely possible down to the individuals thanks to how social media and technology has been implemented.