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Not Me$'s avatar

Given the amount of information and intelligence available in todays world and the level of understanding that too many of the younger generation have or don't have it is doubtful A.I. will penetrate the obtuse minds of these "educated" kids. Many of them don't even know the timeline of recent history or any of the basic building blocks of an intelligent life. They seem immune to acquiring knowledge or information. Just interview the next graduating class at a major University and try getting an answer to basic questions. Good luck. A.I. will become a tool of the elites and government to consolidate their power and control. It will affect the general population but without their consent or knowledge. And so it goes.

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Mara U.'s avatar

“Many of them don't even know the timeline of recent history or any of the basic building blocks of an intelligent life.”

Several months ago, I read that the Anne Frank House had to add signs explaining the basics of Naziism, Hitler, the Holocaust, and WWII. A significant amount of their younger visitors had virtually no knowledge of any of these things. (I guess the good news is that they were still aware that, for some reason, the Anne Frank House was historically important enough to visit…)

When I was a kid, every kid I knew had at least one grandparent who served in WWII. (I had three because one of my grandmothers was in the WAC.) Combine that with movies and young adult fiction in the era, and every kid could tell you basic things like, “Hitler was the leader of the Nazis. He wanted to kill all the Jews and made camps where he killed millions of them.” One generation later, and apparently a lot of teenagers don’t know this.

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Dean R.'s avatar

Our true downfall was allowing our education system to be corrupted. AI didn't cause that lol.

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Celia M Paddock's avatar

Today's teenagers have been taught all non-Leftists are Nazis.

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Mike R.'s avatar

The Biden Admin. is already fighting the injunction against Big Tech/D.C. surveillance state collusion placed by the the Federal Judge in Western Louisiana who, opined that the Twitter Files exposed the greatest assault on free speech in human history. And yet, reasonable American's can't even be sure that our next election will remove the monster's responsible. I'm not against tech but I am clear that Suckerberg/Bozos need their teeth pulled. In the face of moral reason and criminal bureaucracy they folded. Big Tech needs to be broken up and leveled to public utility status.

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Unsaint Finbar's avatar

Just wanted to say I got the Vonnegut reference. I referenced him myself. There are none better at the intersection of the absurd, comical and terrifying.

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Skinny's avatar

Think the author of this AÍ article is one of those kids.

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Madjack's avatar

The level of ignorance (and comfort with it) in the students I interact with is breathtaking.

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Skinny's avatar

Terrifying so.

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