> But we have just encountered one of the rare times where something new actually was harmful.

Next let's ban kids from social media.

Or better yet, let's tax social media as a negative externality. Anything with an algorithmic feed, engagement algorithm, commenting/voting/banning, all hooked up to advertising needs to pay to fix the harm it's causing.

They're about as bad as nicotine and lung cancer. They've taken people hostage and turned society against itself.

> I think chatbots and AR glasses are going to supercharge these social problems at a rate much faster than phones and facebook ever could.

Chatbots aren't smart and AR glasses are dorky. They're going to remain niche for quite some time.

iPhone immediately caught on like wild fire. You can tell those other two don't have the same spark. I'm not saying there won't be users, but it's a much smaller population.

▲

drivebyhooting 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I agree but you have to tone down the rhetoric otherwise you won’t persuade anyone who isn’t already convinced.

It’s telling that none of the tech CEOs allow their children to use their wares.

▲

someNameIG 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Next let's ban kids from social media.

We are here in Australia from the 10th December this year.

	▲	SchemaLoad 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm interested to see where this goes. I don't like how it's likely reducing privacy the internet. But social media is obviously a threat so serious that it might be worth the costs. I've also been thinking that perhaps social media platforms should start displaying some kind of indicator when a poster is from out of your country. So when foreign troll farms start political posting you can see more clearly they aren't legitimate. I suspect that social media is largely to blame for the insane politics of the world right now.

▲

iknowstuff 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

ChatGPT "caught on fire" faster than iPhones.

▲

Dusseldorf 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It absolutely did not. ChatGPT is free to use and most people I know have barely engaged with it beyond a few queries once or twice to try it.

When the iPhone came out, nearly everyone I knew dumped hundreds of dollars to get one (or a droid) within 2 years.

▲

bdangubic 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

“most people I know” argument always wins :)

most people I know spend $500+/month and use ai 8-10/hrs per day

▲

lukan 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"and most people I know have barely engaged with it beyond a few queries once or twice to try it."

Have you recently spoken with the younger generation still in school?

I doubt you find many there who just "have barely engaged with it". It is just too useful for all the generic school stuff, homework, assignments, etc.

▲

hunter-gatherer 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Agree. The conversation behind "adoption" was totally different as well. I was a young Army private when the first iPhone was announced. Before that I remember the iPod touch and other MP3 players beingthe rage in the gym and what not. I distinctly remember in the gym we were talking about the iPhone, my friend had an iPod touch and we took turns holding it up to our faces like a phone, and sort of saying "weird, but yeah, this would work".

Point being, when smart phones came out it there was anticipation of what it might be, sort of like a game console. ChatGPT et al was sort of sudden, and the use case is pretty one dimensional, and for average people, less exciting. It is basically a work-slop emitter, and _most people I know_ seem to agree with that.

	▲	iknowstuff 42 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		the ipod touch was released after the iphone fyi

▲

echelon 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I assumed the OP meant chat agents like Character.ai, not ChatGPT.