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  1. Comment on GenAI is reshaping work—don’t let it dull human intelligence in ~tech

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    Funny enough I was talking about this to someone. Essentially that we are losing our ability to think critically, and that with tools like AI, we need to look at them as that - tools. It shouldn’t...

    Funny enough I was talking about this to someone.

    Essentially that we are losing our ability to think critically, and that with tools like AI, we need to look at them as that - tools.

    It shouldn’t be used to replace the work we do, but rather enhance it and make it easier.

    Knowing how to research, reading journals , understanding caveats and exceptions to different studies vs asking Chat GPT to confidently regurgitate a potential piece of misinformation and believing it.

    Starting with teaching safety - just like we do with children for being online.

    9 votes
  2. Comment on Reddit Terminal Viewer development is shutting down, owner citing burnout and disillusionment with Reddit as a platform in ~comp

    dillon
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    It’s just like Digg did and people jumped to Reddit. Digg became too mainstream, and so did Reddit. Look http://web.archive.org/web/20090701022038/Reddit.com/r/askreddit to an old r/askreddit...

    It’s just like Digg did and people jumped to Reddit. Digg became too mainstream, and so did Reddit. Look http://web.archive.org/web/20090701022038/Reddit.com/r/askreddit to an old r/askreddit front page from 2009. It’s a lot more earnest and actual questions people asked Reddit, now it’s basically just garnering whatever can get the most upvotes.

    8 votes
  3. Comment on Google announces "Stadia", a new game-streaming platform with deep YouTube integration in ~games

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    Apparently Amazon is working on cloud streaming games as well, can't wait to see what it means for competition and mobile gaming capabilities with both of them going at it.

    Apparently Amazon is working on cloud streaming games as well, can't wait to see what it means for competition and mobile gaming capabilities with both of them going at it.

    6 votes