very interesting about the kids growing up w/ Ai (sorry, I use lower case i, just cause). Ai on my mind, because of dinner conversation the other night w/ hubs about Ai replacing jobs. He was "oh woe to all the grandkids". I'm "they will figure it out. The smart ones will. The not-so-smart will do whatever". The future jobs of Ai & future jobs of these kids will be influenced by Ai, in some fields more than others. I don't have a crystal ball. My oldest son's job is AI; he has been doing it since he graduated from Berkeley in 2003. We'll get together in Dec, so hopefully we'll have some crystal ball discussions, along w/ the other 2 sons. There are 6 grandkids included, ages 5 - 14.
Meantime, imo, kids don't need to be having conversations w/ Ai, or thinking Ai is their best bud, or their therapist. They need to be out playing in the grass (not smoking it), w/ real friends, IRL, not on social media.
This article really disturbs me. Talking with kids before society has influenced them has always been fascinating. The brainpower and imagination we are born with should not be influenced by ai. I have a friend who depends on ai for answers in social situations and that really disturbs me as well. While the potential for use of ai is ok, socially it seems to break us down. We are already divided enough!
Bill your main post is disturbing. We’ve sent the results of kids having been given their own small electronic babysitter along with tablets in elementary schools. They are withdrawn, sullen in many cases and can’t carry on a conversation with other people without their phones.
Not allowing baby or young child to learn to use his or her imagination to my way of ancient thinking borders on criminal abuse. Bring on the empty boxes, pots and pans and age appropriate toys and leave all the AI junk at Amazon or wherever.
I just saw where that execution in TN
was delayed the last minute. Update: Supreme Court has cleared the way for it to continue
Katie Phang had a good rundown on how Cornell and the prosecutor did(or did not)handle the gang rape case. It has exploded all over everywhere now.
I had an unpleasant interaction with an Ai bot at DirecTV today. I finally asked to speak to a human because I couldn't just say "these are the things I tried already" I had to wait for chickbot to say, 'try this", "try that", and so on.
While many companies think using Ai bots as their gatekeeper/receptionist is a good idea, the only thing it does is save the company money. The interactions never end pleasantly.
The more technology advances, the further away we get from human to human interaction, and we've lost the 'humanity'. Maybe that's why I'm so drawn to the tradeshow industry. It's still face to face and millions of people still find the benefit of gathering at tradeshow annually. Hmm, maybe an idea for a blog....
very interesting about the kids growing up w/ Ai (sorry, I use lower case i, just cause). Ai on my mind, because of dinner conversation the other night w/ hubs about Ai replacing jobs. He was "oh woe to all the grandkids". I'm "they will figure it out. The smart ones will. The not-so-smart will do whatever". The future jobs of Ai & future jobs of these kids will be influenced by Ai, in some fields more than others. I don't have a crystal ball. My oldest son's job is AI; he has been doing it since he graduated from Berkeley in 2003. We'll get together in Dec, so hopefully we'll have some crystal ball discussions, along w/ the other 2 sons. There are 6 grandkids included, ages 5 - 14.
Meantime, imo, kids don't need to be having conversations w/ Ai, or thinking Ai is their best bud, or their therapist. They need to be out playing in the grass (not smoking it), w/ real friends, IRL, not on social media.
well, good for hornerman to be recognized - hope many folks read the newest edition
This article really disturbs me. Talking with kids before society has influenced them has always been fascinating. The brainpower and imagination we are born with should not be influenced by ai. I have a friend who depends on ai for answers in social situations and that really disturbs me as well. While the potential for use of ai is ok, socially it seems to break us down. We are already divided enough!
Bill your main post is disturbing. We’ve sent the results of kids having been given their own small electronic babysitter along with tablets in elementary schools. They are withdrawn, sullen in many cases and can’t carry on a conversation with other people without their phones.
This was posted on You Tube back in February of this year. https://youtu.be/XDJiHXEvGHI?si=HNt83jpqxyZD75Ci.
Not allowing baby or young child to learn to use his or her imagination to my way of ancient thinking borders on criminal abuse. Bring on the empty boxes, pots and pans and age appropriate toys and leave all the AI junk at Amazon or wherever.
I just saw where that execution in TN
was delayed the last minute. Update: Supreme Court has cleared the way for it to continue
Katie Phang had a good rundown on how Cornell and the prosecutor did(or did not)handle the gang rape case. It has exploded all over everywhere now.
Here’s a little different take on those Trump accounts: https://youtube.com/shorts/7JFT7CwvhVs?si=VM8SPJQFRSRxfNgh
You might want to give it a watch.
That’s all I’ve got for today.
I had an unpleasant interaction with an Ai bot at DirecTV today. I finally asked to speak to a human because I couldn't just say "these are the things I tried already" I had to wait for chickbot to say, 'try this", "try that", and so on.
While many companies think using Ai bots as their gatekeeper/receptionist is a good idea, the only thing it does is save the company money. The interactions never end pleasantly.
The more technology advances, the further away we get from human to human interaction, and we've lost the 'humanity'. Maybe that's why I'm so drawn to the tradeshow industry. It's still face to face and millions of people still find the benefit of gathering at tradeshow annually. Hmm, maybe an idea for a blog....