As a non-dev person who recently started using AI to get into doing some computer programming, I think the marketing by the CEOs has done a lot of harm. People who truly know what they're doing and who are very careful thinkers could see all along that this technology is not at a point to where the following hype was true:
-it will not entirely replace human workers,
-it's almost certainly not going to be better at what it's doing than a true expert,
-and it remains to be seen whether or not it will ever be able to generate truly unique, bespoke, and fundamentally new solutions.. you know, like what humans had to do for every single issue that came before..
And what it's really good at from my perspective is allowing a non-expert person to generate productive materials in an area where they are not a master-level technician/developer/knowledge worker. It has really dissolved the barrier of entry and the value associated with routine technical skills, for better or worse.
The practical issues though involved with massive data centers, the price rises associated with computer parts, and all the other environmental garbage that's happening is pretty discouraging though. This technology has legit potential for benefit, but the companies and CEOs have ultimately made it into a moral conundrum whether or not it should be put to use.
Yeah, same thing with Putin. His dismissive attitude toward the soldiers lost in his own war.. Trump would happily send a few million of his own American soldiers to their deaths if he wanted to, for even vanity reasons, and it wouldn't even register.
I just can't trust my fellow Americans anymore after this. I'm surrounded by losers.
Agreed.. neither party "won", both are worse off as a result, both will continue to be worse off for years, and the American and Iranian civilians are the ones who will pay the bill physically, socially, and financially because Trump couldn't comprehend that some entity may exist who would not instantly roll over and show it's belly in submission.
Now Trump has supercharged the terrorists, AND the Iranian people will hate America for decades which will make regime change even more difficult. They will have to suffer even longer under theocratic repression now, thanks to Trump and his Fox News war-bro wannabe Nazi department head. If anyone in this administration had a brain, this would have been the main point of discussion before any bombs were dropped.
What else can we do that sit back and laugh? I'm pretty sure they'd be fine if they didn't vote to "own the libs"... So here we are. I hope they suffer the same way they wanted me and my friends to suffer.
To be this fearful of false narratives is to be anti-American imo.