counterpoint: proof of concept is key when starting, so intermediary count matters less than intermediary visibility. if the user never touches them, never waits on them, never pays a noticeable fee - do they exist? short term you can hide them, long term once the thesis is proven you remove them.
initial removal, at least in my verticals, is a big & costly pita.
@Innerdevcrypto always wondered - do you think limiting screen time can have a negative impact on their early tech fluency, vs ipad babies? thinking more in terms of games & curated content, not brainrot.
@AlexOnchain tankless water heater installed next to the shower, or retrofit-friendly recirculation system.
game changers, but only relevant if you shower at home. if not, cold plunge influencer arc or don't shower at all. both valid paths.
@divine_economy@jokerace_io resonating with this big time!
shameful admission of guilt, but haven't tried jokerace yet - is there a highlights section i couldn't find of successful contests? or some thoughts @ the unlock for creators?
One worrisome thing about this big push for AI assistant wearable XR glasses that we see from Meta et al., is the retardation of the human mind.
The examples they all use in demoing their product is always someone asking the AI the most banal of basic questions: "Hey Meta, how do I open this jar?" with a 10 second delay before the AI gives an overcomplicated response like:
1) Look at the jar you want to open
2) Pick it up
3) With one hand grasp the bottom and with the other hand twist the lid in counter-clockwise motion
4) Put the jar down
With the person saying "Thanks Meta!"
This is colossally dangerous. This is the retardation of the human mind.
The idea here is that people will be able to share their vision from the glasses and the AI will be able to interact with what they see.
Obviously this is actually being used as decentralized global training data to train our new antichrist digital God in a man made prison of our own creation, but that's a different discussion.
If this category takes off, which we hope it doesn't, people will be trained to rely on AI for EVERYTHING. Including the most simple of tasks. They will not be trained in thinking. Why would they? They will be literally told exactly step by step what to do for any situation. There would be no reason to develop any thought, whatsoever.
People will have completely given their mind to technology, and Idiocracy will likely be an underrepresentation of how bad things get. An entire generation coming up, trained by technology to NOT think, completely dependent, like lambs to slaughter, fed context by those who came before and control the AI, and have no free will nor the knowledge of what free will even is.
The more you give of your humanity over to the machine under the guise of productivity or convenience, the more humanity loses. You don't get it back.
That being said all of this is inevitable anyways, so just enjoy shitposting while it plays out. 🤷♂️
my x feed is broken.
i have so many varying interests it's now a mix of things it thinks i'd like but have since moved on from.
@nikitabier can we get a feed reset button pretty pls?
one question i was often asked as a kid upon telling people i want to spot trends, run businesses, and invest instead of choosing traditional employment was: "why doesn't everyone do it then?"
because society has conditioned us to expect immediate output upon input, and it's built a world where you can't afford to sit still and have open conversations with yourself.
a few months playing a long-term game are all you need to get your foot through the door.
praying for the day asking siri to remind you of something defaults to your chosen to-do list instead of the affront to the natural order the iOS Reminders app is.