A Pew survey finds that a majority of Americans are more concerned than excited about the impact of artificial intelligence—adding weight to calls for more regulation.

People Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Make Daily Life Worse::A Pew survey finds that a majority of Americans are more concerned than excited about the impact of artificial intelligence—adding weight to calls for more regulation.

  • djsaskdja@reddthat.comEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Every other technical innovation has made the average person’s life worse. Why would this one be any different?

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I have a very well paying job that wouldn’t exist without technology.

      I read library books without going to the libtary or carrying around paper, thanks to technology

      I pay for stuff without having to carry cash or ever visit a bank, thanks to technology

      Cars are technology too, as are flush toilets and furnaces

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      No other innovation has been able to replace human creativity or general human thought. Computers came close but they required specialized knowledge to build AND to use so displaced workers had an opportunity to adapt and upskill.

      • FranziaEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        displaced workers had an opportunity to adapt and upskill.

        Learn to code.

        This isn’t really what happened or how the world works at large. It just made a bunch of rich dudes much richer, and west virginians a lot poorer. And yeah it changed the world in the broad scope of things yada yada thats besides the point 😉

    • FranziaEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think in recent years a lot of “innovation” has been pure marketing fluff and had no real potential to change the world. This one really might. I’ve tempered my expectations, because tech bros really want us to believe there is magic to AI, but eventually it might actually change the world.