“You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics,”
If you only measure the workers, sure. What if you measure the processes that have been automated by programmers?
I've automated a semi-manual (first run this script, then that one, and then...) process. Would that process show up on their measurements? I bet it won't.
I've blocked any YouTube video recommendations (after a video is done, the sidebar, etc), and switched to RSS (RSS Guard is my go-to, after testing about 6 RSS readers). I used Enhancer for YouTube™ to block the bullshit.
Now, I only have 319 videos left to view, in order, from all the channels that I follow. It is now me that has a tight grip on what I watch, and not YT. No more doomscrolling on YT Shorts! No more watching the newest thing (old videos are still solid, but won't be likely recommended)! Use Youtube-shorts block
to turn any short into a normal video, in case someone sends you a shorts link.
I can now have a sense of being done watching videos, instead of YT feeding me unending garbage.
Sure, helping everyone on earth so we can all help each other is a nice ideal, but I'm not convinced that reality will play out positively.
Look at Africa: Most of the developed world is pumping billions into the continent, and all I see is that they're becoming dependent on us. Not good for them, not good for us. If we can share something for free (*cough* software) that's completely fine, but if we send them money and materials, and they squander it, because they have some corrupt leaders, then what?
We can't capture said corrupt leader, because Europe is the good guys, and we don't invade other countries, unlike dirty America... But is that actually helpful for this theoretical country?
It looks like you asked for a definition of violence instead of searching for types of violence.
Yes, because if you have a word that has a definition, and you put a modifier in front of it to specify something, you can't have that thing becomes something completely different.
Let's assume my point for a second, for the sake of argument (yes, yes, I know you don't agree), and violence is physical only.
That means that if you add a modifier in front of it, it doesn't make sense to have that specified violence suddenly not be physical.
And both can fuck right off, back into the hole they crawled out of. Libertarians are just rich AnCaps, and Republicans are just Monarchists with new paint slapped on.
Yeah, black in colour-theory is technically a lack of colour, and white is the most colourful, as it's a combination of all colours (or at least red, green and blue).
Skin colours are weird. I'm not white - I'm like a peach colour. But it is what it is, and I've not found better names, without sounding like a pedantic asshole.
Oh wow, it's only Lemmy instances! Who knew!? Find me an actual person making the claim the OP says that people are making. Doesn't even have to be literally word-for-word.
These quotes are from the paper, not the article because fuck Engadget
Although AI assistance improves performance during assisted sessions, people’s perfor-
mance drops sharply once AI is removed.
OK? So don't remove the LLM - issue solved.
More strikingly, relative to the controls, participants in the AI
condition also persist less with tasks and give up more frequently.
Is that bad? Sometimes you can persist on a solution for an issue that's completely wrong. Yes, kneejerk reaction says it's bad, but is it?
People do not merely become worse at tasks, but they also stop trying
Yeah OK, that last part is bad, I think.
AI systems should optimize for long-term human capability and autonomy, a goal that cannot be achieved
by surface-level interventions
Oh yeah, absolutely - Models act intelligent, but aren't reacting for long-term benefits. Only short-term answers.
AI impairs unassisted performance and persistence.
But the numbers also show that AI users skip less, and solve more issues. It is only when the LLM is removed that it becomes an issue - my question is: How long for this negative effect to fade? That's unclear to me.
If you only measure the workers, sure. What if you measure the processes that have been automated by programmers?
I've automated a semi-manual (first run this script, then that one, and then...) process. Would that process show up on their measurements? I bet it won't.