by writing articles like this they spark the wrong discussion. extreme analogy, sorry to folks who don’t do analogies: If there is a robber in a persons kitchen. Any discussion is a net negative for that homeowner. why? because the robbers presence alone is a violation of the sanctity of the home. Any and all solutions, start with the robber not being in the kitchen. Any and all discussion, adds _more time to the robber being in the kitchen All of which is a net loss for the homeowner, and potential gain for the robber.

These type’s of horserace articles encourage a type of busywork discussions that waste time because they lead many of those readers away from thinking about the real / pertinent discussions to have.

Exactly.

i don’t patronize them any more. one of several… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXmnBbUjsPs "The film exposes Wal-Mart’s unscrupulous business practices through interviews with former employees, small business owners, and footage of Walmart executives. "

It’s possible to make things worse when attempting to solve a problem made by uncaring people. Making things better, temporarily, often gives them more time to continue to make things worse. Making things better this way also leads people at-large to believe they no longer need to take steps back away from disaster.

If you’re new to Pine - the watch and phone are Open Hardware devices for people who are want to help build that future of open hardware. As a coder, I think this is a good thing. I have several but I wouldn’t give one to a family member, just yet. Pine itself is about open hardware - but that process happens over a large time when smart people do good work. By comparison, Linux has been around 35 years.

I have a pinephone, and it has hardware on/off switches for mic, wireless, camera. my bet would be so will the pine time pro.

“Scientists synthesize nutrients Bees no longer get because humans destroyed all the flowers, and we think this is a net good.”

I think the intern comparison fits. The root of the problem is that AI can very good at the thing is is good at. That leads humans to believe that it is good at other things. This is often untrue.

Often the things it is good at are in the set of ‘problems machines are good at’. Most professionals, people who are trained/experienced in their field face problem’s that are NOT in that set. They are skilled, experienced problem solvers, who are solving difficult, real world problems. Not generic workers, or human resources.

The belief at the top is often that this machine which is ‘so impressive’, must therefore be good at everything. And this gets pushed down. Where people experience that same truth. The machine is incredibly good at the things it’s good at, but it sucks doing what they do.

paraphrasing my grandpa - “To a suit with hammer, everything looks like a nail”