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Re:I Am Tired of AI by vouaobrasil on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:29AM (#41671701)
No way. Life 50 years ago was better for MANY. Maybe that would be true for 200. But 50 years ago was the 70s. There were far fewer people, and the world was not starting to suffer from climate change. Tell your statement to any climate refugee, and ask them whether they'd like to live now or back then.

AND, we had fewer computers and life was not so hectic. YES, some things have gotten better, but on average? It's arguable.

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Re:I Am Tired of AI by munksbeer on Friday September 27, 2024 @05:16PM (#41675622)
I think you're demonstrating the point I was trying to make. You're falling for a very prevalent narrative that just isn't true.

Fact: Life has improved for the majority of people on the planet in the last 50 years.

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Re:I Am Tired of AI by vouaobrasil on Friday September 27, 2024 @06:11PM (#41676042)
Not a fact. An opinion.
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Re:I Am Tired of AI by samcat116 on Friday September 27, 2024 @05:19PM (#41675640)
There are an incredible amount of ways that life is better today than 50 years ago. For starters the life expectancy has almost universally improved.
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Re:I Am Tired of AI by vouaobrasil on Friday September 27, 2024 @06:11PM (#41676040)
Not necessarily a good thing if overall life experience is worse.
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Re:I Am Tired of AI by __turbobrew__ on Friday September 27, 2024 @08:17PM (#41676796)
Maybe life was better 50 years ago if you were a white salaryman living in the USA, but outside of that things have improved for everyone else.

Most objective measurements of basic quality of life have improved: life expectancy, food security, education, etc.

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Re:I Am Tired of AI by vouaobrasil on Monday September 30, 2024 @08:56AM (#41696599)
What about access to nature, clean air, and space to think? Those have gone down.
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