>> "It's inherently worth more because it's hard-earned and anchored to experiences we share."

> At some point, it will be impossible to tell the difference. Many people already can't tell if something was generated by AI.

Nit: it won't be impossible, just so hard so most people won't bother or give up if they try, and society will settle into a mediocre, regressed state. Then wait a little while, and the next generation will justify their mediocrity as actually some kind of progress, and the people who knew better will be dead and unable to challenge that.

More technology != more progress. Just look what social media had done. At its best, it's like what came before, just more isolating.

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grttw11p22 3 hours ago | parent [-]

More technology does bring more progress in the long-run.

Control of technology is a key issue. Social media wouldn’t be allowed to exist the way it does if govt’s regulated the internet much earlier. Are you happy with the trade off…?

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palmotea 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> More technology does bring more progress in the long-run.

That's an article of faith, and I don't think it's true, or will stop being true at some point.

> Control of technology is a key issue. Social media wouldn’t be allowed to exist the way it does if govt’s regulated the internet much earlier. Are you happy with the trade off…?

Not necessarily. Human psychology needs limits and friction, and technology is almost always about removing limits and friction. We're not wise enough, collectively and individually, to say no in many, many cases when we should.

I don't think what I'm about to say is a black-and-white rule, but I think we get into trouble when technology isn't invented to solve actual problems, but invented as an end in itself.

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grttw11p22 2 hours ago | parent [-]

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	▲	palmotea 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> You are not arguing in good faith mate. Look in the mirror. > Are you for real, do you want to go back to the Stone Age? Go ahead!!! That, my "friend," is called a strawman. > You are absolutely delusional. That's a knockout argument there, for sure. /s