Tech peaked in the mid 2010s and it’s been all downhill since. The only noticable graphical improvements in the last decade have been faces. The way we interact with each other hasn’t changed much, and some memes from back then still feel modern. Formats haven’t changed. Work hasn’t really changed. It’s all so normal now, only everything keeps getting degraded by capitalists capitalizing on their market dominance.
Only AI is “new,” but the main way it changes our lives is by being an excuse to take even more from us. It hasn’t killed the internet because we’re all still here and still want to interact with each other. It just augments what people were already able to do at best, while spamming slop trying to exploit you the rest of the time.
I resonate so much with your perspective. I still enjoy my little corner of content creators on YT but I’ve been sad lately about how AI is actively trying to rob genuine human connections from us. Everyone’s paranoid now including myself. Arguments regularly break out in the comments about the content being AI or not. We’ve grown so wary of each other. Back then I’d just refrain from using my real name and enjoy the virtual conversations.
Tech peaked in the mid 2010s and it’s been all downhill since. The only noticable graphical improvements in the last decade have been faces. The way we interact with each other hasn’t changed much, and some memes from back then still feel modern. Formats haven’t changed. Work hasn’t really changed. It’s all so normal now, only everything keeps getting degraded by capitalists capitalizing on their market dominance.
Only AI is “new,” but the main way it changes our lives is by being an excuse to take even more from us. It hasn’t killed the internet because we’re all still here and still want to interact with each other. It just augments what people were already able to do at best, while spamming slop trying to exploit you the rest of the time.
I resonate so much with your perspective. I still enjoy my little corner of content creators on YT but I’ve been sad lately about how AI is actively trying to rob genuine human connections from us. Everyone’s paranoid now including myself. Arguments regularly break out in the comments about the content being AI or not. We’ve grown so wary of each other. Back then I’d just refrain from using my real name and enjoy the virtual conversations.