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1. dyauspitr · 1789669001 · focus · HN ↗

   Though AGI isn’t here yet (and in my opinion will only be marginally useful until we have physical AGI), we need to speedrun the painful bits so we can get to the other side in one generation. We need to bear the brunt of it and be the sacrificial generation.

   1. ProfessorLayton · 1789669738 · focus · HN ↗

      >We need to bear the brunt of it and be the sacrificial generation.

      Who is "We" here?

      I'll take a guess: Gen Z, and Gen A.

      Gen Z because they went through covid during college, and now this AI boom that's completely wreaked the entry level job market.

      Gen A is looking increasingly grim, unfortunately. If any of you know any school teachers, you'd know how disheartening it is to try and teach someone that has a homework and entertainment machine in their pocket at all times.

      Millenials went through everything Gen Z has and more ('08), but there was at least a few years of relative normalcy growing up. I don't know what's next, but I'm not very excited about it.

      /rant

      1. breezybottom · 1789670552 · focus · HN ↗

         As always, named "generations" are completely arbitrary and meaningless. They're made up by marketers to sell products.

         1. rvz · 1789672046 · focus · HN ↗

            Correct. It is another way to divide people again, just like people who are pro-AI vs anti-AI.

            Do not fall for it.

            1. harimau777 · 1789677097 · focus · HN ↗

               You are conflating "divide people" in the sense of "turn people against each other in order to divide and conquer" with "divide people" in the sense of "define groupings so that it is possible to have conversations about differing experiences". One is discussing a goal while the other is discussing a tool. Notably that tool does not necessarily need to be used for evil and often isn't.

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