Ai does not make me feel joy or excitement about the future. Especially regarding the things I love (education, literature, art, music, silly nerdy computer hobby stuff, etc). Does anyone have any thoughts that may somewhat help me feel less dread? Do you think that the desire for human driven creativity, the desire to hold a physical book in your hand, or a physical paint brush, or to hang with your friends outside without cellphones will persist despite all the rubbish?
Or more generally, what gives you hope?
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you can still do all those things
Find a niche in the natural sciences that you enjoy - bugs for example - then spend more time outside learning about it. We all spend way too much time on our phones. The whole world is out there!
A lot of things make me dread the future, but I can only change the here and now.
Doing everything I can with as little AI as possible or none at all, being creative and holding on to my humanity despite the outside pressure to become dependent on this bullshit, it keeps me sane that at least I’m not letting myself be ruined by offloading my skills and thinking to a machine that can only fake them.
Spend less time online and you’ll find the support you’re looking for. I’ve always found ways to up my game with new tech, ai included. Tech is the spice to my meal, not the meal itself. Either way, I focus on the things I can control and let go of the rest. Whatever happens will happen, and worrying isn’t going to impact the result.
