Most of my time is not spent scrolling my phone, because I don't like my phone and wish I didn't have it, and leave it in places throughout the day where I forget about it.
That being said, this hit me so hard. Haha. It's such a refreshing take and accurate perspective of the story we all tell ourselves in ine way or the other.
Vs taking a good hard look at the reality of what we're doing, how were being affected by it, and what we want to do about that reality.
I hadnt heard of this new feed. Really spooky. And it does seem like the start of Idiocracy. We keep accepting and using these technologies that seem to be harming us as a species.
I was actually thinking about creating an AI video generated short about that! The only thing stopping me is I don't have an answer to the question what happens when we replace human intelligence with machine intelligence
.. the world becomes more boring and brittle maybe? Bigger odds of black swan events like the one NNT writes about hitting us unexpectedly? Idk...
That's good! We should forget the phone somewhere more often haha. Unfortunately my job requires me to be on the phone, which is terrible for my sanity but good for the pocket lol. Thank you Ken!
What do you mean by this? As in, paying members should only dare comment if they're both agreeing with the article and lauding it? Is this where we've came to now with AI-related discourse?
Viewed through the lens of mental hygiene, we appear to be witnessing a future superfund cleanup site.
If cognition is to us as water to a fish or air to a bird, can we wonder at the thoughtless fascination with shiny newness? Who besides a few like you, will ask if the sparkly surface is contaminating the wells with chromium?
I feel that this short form video - now invading YouTube, I have to go through a barrage of stuff before I can find what I really want to see and listen to - initiated by TiKTok is really the death of "long form thinking". Brainless kids will become brainless adults that will submit to whatever propaganda Zuck, Ellisson and friends what to feed them. It's the ultimate brain hack that Harari warned us about. In some sense it shows our cognitive limitations as a species and there is some serious irony with the fact that we're using the latest technology to destroy our brains, when all our prior efforts were raising the bar.
Zuck and Wang are psychopaths obsessed by success and "winning" which is also a hack from our hunter-gatherer days. They just don't want to know it.
It's so sad that we dont understand how our brain actually works to the point that people building those weapons of mass brain destruction are victims of their own hacks too - they just have more money and they are heroes of our current culture.
Let's hope the AIs that replace us will be wiser. At least their algorithms will not be biased by hundreds of years of evolution.
When I saw Vibes announced I felt the same as everyone else, but after thinking about it I actually don't really have that much of an issue with it. Or, more precisely, I don't have any real unique issue with it, per-se.
You have to remember that we are *not* the target demographic, and I'd disagree that 60+ year-olds are, either. I think Vibes is aimed solely at children, and for them I'd imagine it will be incredibly popular.
Remember that Zuck is aware that Facebook has been slowly becoming less relevant for Gen Z. That's why he tried to get Mr Beast and Mark Rober to start posting more seriously on Facebook. He's clearly focusing on the next generation, and this is just one part of that. Will this be everyone's cup of tea? No, but he knows that, and he doesn't care. (And it just so happens that they have ~$100bn to spend on somewhere on something, before it's "too late").
PS: I agree with Mike that the article came off a bit too strong.
Hmm, I think 60 year olds watch more short form videos than we tend to think! But of course, if there were any kids on Facebook, they'd watch it to!! (I take the insiderish part as a compliment tbh! Was my intention). My issue with Vibes specifically is the same as with other short form video but I wanted to explore more philosophically what it means for it to be AI. (I said "vibes as a stand-in" because I too, don't think there's a new problem with Vibes per se, just an old problem reimagined.)
Most of my time is not spent scrolling my phone, because I don't like my phone and wish I didn't have it, and leave it in places throughout the day where I forget about it.
That being said, this hit me so hard. Haha. It's such a refreshing take and accurate perspective of the story we all tell ourselves in ine way or the other.
Vs taking a good hard look at the reality of what we're doing, how were being affected by it, and what we want to do about that reality.
I hadnt heard of this new feed. Really spooky. And it does seem like the start of Idiocracy. We keep accepting and using these technologies that seem to be harming us as a species.
I was actually thinking about creating an AI video generated short about that! The only thing stopping me is I don't have an answer to the question what happens when we replace human intelligence with machine intelligence
.. the world becomes more boring and brittle maybe? Bigger odds of black swan events like the one NNT writes about hitting us unexpectedly? Idk...
That's good! We should forget the phone somewhere more often haha. Unfortunately my job requires me to be on the phone, which is terrible for my sanity but good for the pocket lol. Thank you Ken!
Guhhhhh this is fucking good. You are so good. All other comments are just “but I have something to say too!” Maybe that’s their rope.
Thank you Adam! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
What do you mean by this? As in, paying members should only dare comment if they're both agreeing with the article and lauding it? Is this where we've came to now with AI-related discourse?
I think he intended it to cheer me up, not to be dismissive toward anyone. I appreciate both types of comments!
This piece was great, ignore all previous vague criticism ☺️
Thank you Gabriel! :)
I am 62, I hate videos, even if human generated, and I did not know about Vibes until now. Should I worry?
You are probably fine!
Viewed through the lens of mental hygiene, we appear to be witnessing a future superfund cleanup site.
If cognition is to us as water to a fish or air to a bird, can we wonder at the thoughtless fascination with shiny newness? Who besides a few like you, will ask if the sparkly surface is contaminating the wells with chromium?
Came across as too “insiderish” if that’s a word?
Some interesting insights but again too insiderish
Possibly haha, can't write everything equally simple!
I feel that this short form video - now invading YouTube, I have to go through a barrage of stuff before I can find what I really want to see and listen to - initiated by TiKTok is really the death of "long form thinking". Brainless kids will become brainless adults that will submit to whatever propaganda Zuck, Ellisson and friends what to feed them. It's the ultimate brain hack that Harari warned us about. In some sense it shows our cognitive limitations as a species and there is some serious irony with the fact that we're using the latest technology to destroy our brains, when all our prior efforts were raising the bar.
Zuck and Wang are psychopaths obsessed by success and "winning" which is also a hack from our hunter-gatherer days. They just don't want to know it.
It's so sad that we dont understand how our brain actually works to the point that people building those weapons of mass brain destruction are victims of their own hacks too - they just have more money and they are heroes of our current culture.
Let's hope the AIs that replace us will be wiser. At least their algorithms will not be biased by hundreds of years of evolution.
Great writing, but where is the point in all this?
Btw if you're on Android try minimalist phone, my (device) screen time hovers around 2 hours a day, mostly Substack
.. or if you're on Apple try another kid, babies are also a great way to get your head out of your brick
You... don't see it? Haha jk
When I saw Vibes announced I felt the same as everyone else, but after thinking about it I actually don't really have that much of an issue with it. Or, more precisely, I don't have any real unique issue with it, per-se.
You have to remember that we are *not* the target demographic, and I'd disagree that 60+ year-olds are, either. I think Vibes is aimed solely at children, and for them I'd imagine it will be incredibly popular.
Remember that Zuck is aware that Facebook has been slowly becoming less relevant for Gen Z. That's why he tried to get Mr Beast and Mark Rober to start posting more seriously on Facebook. He's clearly focusing on the next generation, and this is just one part of that. Will this be everyone's cup of tea? No, but he knows that, and he doesn't care. (And it just so happens that they have ~$100bn to spend on somewhere on something, before it's "too late").
PS: I agree with Mike that the article came off a bit too strong.
Hmm, I think 60 year olds watch more short form videos than we tend to think! But of course, if there were any kids on Facebook, they'd watch it to!! (I take the insiderish part as a compliment tbh! Was my intention). My issue with Vibes specifically is the same as with other short form video but I wanted to explore more philosophically what it means for it to be AI. (I said "vibes as a stand-in" because I too, don't think there's a new problem with Vibes per se, just an old problem reimagined.)