Computer's Aren't Pulling Their Weight (1991)

There were _so many_ articles in the late 80s and early 90s about how computers were a big waste of money. And again in the late 90s, about how the internet was a waste of money.

We aren't going to know the true consequences of AI until kids that are in high school now enter the work force. The vast majority of people are not capable of completely reordering how they work. Computers did not help Sally Secretary type faster in the 1980s. That doesn't mean they were a waste of money.

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boredtofears 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

You mean the same kids that are currently cheating their way through their education at record rates due to the same technology? Can't say I'm optimistic.

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bnchrch 4 days ago | parent [-]

> The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise

> - Socrates (399 BC)

> The world is passing through troublous times. The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they knew everything, and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for the girls, they are forward, immodest and unladylike in speech, behavior and dress

> - Peter the Hermit (1274)

	▲	naasking 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		> > - Socrates (399 BC) Context: Ancient Greece went into decline just 70 years after that date. Make of that what you will.

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tim333 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You could argue that in terms of human wellbeing, computers and the internet didn't make that much difference. People did ok in the 1960s.