Honestly, I don’t think your edit is crazy at all. I have a hunch that all the fake, filtered, AI-processed, vtuber’d social media is going to result in a sharp backlash soon. Kind of like how over-the-top, image-focused glam and heavy metal of the 80s spawned a backlash in the rawer, more “real” feel of grunge and stripped down alt-rock in the 90s.
Maybe that desire for reality will be one of the triggers for the AI bubble bursting.
I mean “friend-shaped but we without friend personalty” is inherently terrifying whether its dogs or people.
But you do have a point that scary robot animals tend to be dogs, not cats.
I’m not even sure you need the /s there homie.
Sure, that’s exactly what I said. Speaking of tools…
Calculus is a tool used in science, absolutely. But calculus itself is not science, in the same way that a chisel is not woodworking.
I think that’s a different question than the point I was trying to make. By all means, educating people as a way to “de-program” and shield them from propaganda is probably the most effective defense, followed by going after the propagandists themselves.
But however you go about trying to fix those systemic issues, it’s important to remember that falling for propaganda isn’t solely an individual failing. Intelligent and powerful people have been attacking education and unbiased news sources (among other things) for decades, precisely with the goal of making people more susceptible to their propaganda. Maybe they should know better, but a working class person, whose main focus is feeding and housing their family, is at a severe disadvantage in an information war.
The flip side of that is that propaganda is used because it’s proven to work. Yes, we should encourage everyone to individually think critically and be alert for propaganda. But I don’t think blaming individuals for falling for a concerted effort to hijack their brains is helpful.
I find the argument you’re making uncomfortably close to the ones conservatives use to argue against social safety nets and to avoid discussing systematic reform: namely that people need to take responsibility for their success or failure, and that if someone doesn’t succeed its solely due to individual failings.
In both cases, the idea is that it’s more helpful to address the negative systematic forces than just to blame individuals for falling victim to those forces.
Well, I had a brief moment of hopefulness at least 😐