| ▲ | drivebyhooting 2 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
If computers are bicycles for the mind and AI are cars, I wonder what the analogue for the obesity epidemic is. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | rcoveson 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
It's even more depressing than that framing would suggest, because we skipped over the decades where cars were just fast, powerful transportation tools and went straight from "mind bicycles" to "mind Teslas" full of cameras, tracking, proprietary software, and subscription fees. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | gdubya 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
That is a sharp and slightly chilling analogy. If Steve Jobs saw the computer as a tool that amplified human effort (the bicycle), and AI represents a tool that automates that effort entirely (the car), then the "obesity epidemic" of the mind is likely Cognitive Atrophy. - Gemini | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | antonvs 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
The obesity epidemic has much less to do with cars and much more to do with cheapness of food and volume consumed. A typical deli sandwich in the US should be enough to last any normal person three days. Same goes for e.g. ice cream from Shake Shack (random example I know, but one I came across recently). If you buy one of these and eat them in one sitting, the answer to "why am I obese" is simply "you eat way too much." | |||||||||||||||||
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