It’s been much the same for every big technology that’s come along.
TV, radio, electricity, boats, all led to people using the technology of the age to interpret the world.
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TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 1 week ago
There is something inherent about spending too much time with computers that warps people’s brains into compulsively perceiving everything around them in digital logic.
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rmuk@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Many of the allegories from the likes of Descartes and Aristotle use the concept of the mind being manipulated by demons - a common trope of their times - but the concepts being explored were the same as people talking about being a character in a book, or a brain in a jar, or a computer simulation; they’re just using the prevailing ideas of their time to communicate ideas to their contemporaries.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Idk, I feel like allegorical communication is a bit different than someone believing that building a telescope is going to destroy the universe because it takes up too much ram.
I mean there are literal cults out there murdering people because they think AI is going to punish people who dont help AI take over the world.