tanteJan 26, 2025

When Mark Zuckerberg was trying to sell us on Meta verse I kept loudly wondering why he didn't get anyone to write him a compelling argument for why people would want it.

While the "AI" folks give a bunch of examples (mostly saying "you can have cheap machine servants like rich people do") it feels very much the same. The stories are so uncompelling, so ... inhumane?

"You never have to talk to a human" - yeah but that is what makes us human? Like being social?

"You can just generate artworks and stuff" - cool so I can never feel pride about doing something, expressing myself ever again? Great.

Show threadRay Jepson
@tante it is interesting how lack of social connection is the problem of our times, but tech can only offer less social interactions as a solution.
Jan 26, 2025 at 9:21pmWeb
Show threadalburkanJan 27, 2025
@mister914 @tante this especially true when the few control the channels of communication of the many wouldn’t you say?
Show threadalburkanJan 27, 2025
@mister914 @tante it is by design that most our channels of communication focus on mining our data and not on actually connecting us
Show threadRay JepsonJan 27, 2025
@alburkan @tante I don't if it's that. I like to think that people had positive visions when they start projects.
Show threadalburkanJan 27, 2025
@mister914 @tante I wouldn’t say it was the intentions of ppl starting the projects per say, and in this way very much see what you are saying. But rather the result of how these private corporations have developed. Or at least that’s the idea I think.