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Until recently, surveillance functioned much like a modern panopticon, creating the illusion of constant observation. But with AI, we're fast approaching a reality where it will be possible to genuinely monitor everyone, all the time.
It will become possible to instantly identify 'bad' behavior, and in some cases, even raise suspicion before it occurs. I use 'bad' in quotation marks because its definition is entirely shaped by those in power. Under the wrong circumstances, what's considered 'bad' could be a personal opinion-or even an entire ethnicity.
Social media already allows a small group of powerful oligarchs to shape what people see-and by extension, what they believe. While propaganda has always existed, social media takes it to a new level, making it harder to recognize the source. Even worse, it's personalized, creating isolated groups with entirely different sets of information and viewpoints.
With the rise of AI, however, this influence will only grow. Not only will algorithms become more advanced in how they rank and recommend content, but they'll also be able to generate fake content or messages, passing them off as organic.
I can't predict the future, but I'd bet that the majority of people won't even notice this shift. Most are tech-illiterate,and tech companies dominate the flow of information, which means any discussions about this will be limited and hard to find. It won't be a secret, per se, but discussions about it will be few and far between. When those discussions do exist, they'll likely be watered down to avoid sounding paranoid or extreme.
How does this make you feel emotionally? How would you react to it? The implications of this technology really bother me, but I know bringing it up in real life would likely make me seem paranoid, so I just keep it to myself.
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>>162833>Most of them had very little responsibility for the changes of the '60s, because the oldest of them would have been 14-24 for the duration of the decade>>18-25 year olds have no influence on cultureAlso, they might not have been fully responsible for the 60's kumbaya-hippie-get-along shit that started it, but they sure as fuck were for the 90's when they collectively decided to put literally every / any other human on earth above their own descendants before kicking the ladder down anyways.
They might have been a product of the system, like all the unlucky groomed out and trooned out zoomers who didn't dodge the Current Year like a bullet, but that doesn't mean they didn't have their part to play in it. It's not like there was anything close to the counterculture of the today pushing back against it, both boomer mainstream and counterculture were practically in unison in causing the problems that led to today's; and they lack any shred of humility to feel shame for the actions of their peers, because they take pride in bragging about "back in their day".
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>>162833*who didn't want anything to do with the counterculture back then
>>162834<18-25 year olds have no influence on cultureCulture is largely driven from the top down, and the leading counterculture personalities were majority non-boomer.
>but they sure as fuck were for the 90's when they collectively decided to put literally every / any other human on earth above their own descendants before kicking the ladder down anywaysThe boomers are definitely selfish and out of touch, but I think that if any generation can be blamed for the world today it's probably the G.I. Generation. I get that a lot of them had hard lives due to experiencing the Great Depression or World War II, but all the prosperity and modern conveniences of postwar America were enough to lull them into complacency. That and I think many of them were naive enough to fall for leftist mass media messaging at a time when it was harder to find alternative sources of information. The boomers had little hope when so many of their elders were asleep at the wheel and their generation was steeped in the optimism and material abundance of the midcentury period.
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>>162835Further degradation of life
Its been a while
Things are worse now then last year
Life continues to be a challenge
Chronic pain and issues continue to plague me more
I am starting to dread physical social interaction
It is getting hard to keep up energy to do anything