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The force-feeding of AI features on an unwilling public

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451 points imartin2k | 1 comments | 06 Jul 25 06:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.28s | source
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mrob ◴[06 Jul 25 08:32 UTC] No.44478895[source]▶
>Everybody wanted the Internet.

I don't think this is true. A lot of people had no interest until smartphones arrived. Doing anything on a smartphone is a miserable experience compared to using a desktop computer, but it's more convenient. "Worse but more convenient" is the same sales pitch as for AI, so I can only assume that AI will be accepted by the masses too.

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1. wussboy ◴[06 Jul 25 18:18 UTC] No.44482869[source]▶
I’m not even sure it’s the right question. No one knew what the long term effects of the internet and mobile devices would be, so I’m not surprised people thought it was great. Cocoa leaves seemed pretty amazing at the beginning as well. But mobile devices especially have changes society and while I don’t think we can ever put the genie back in the bottle, I wish that we could. I suspect I’m not alone.