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But how many people of this modern society care for Greek epics? Or even works equivalent?
I can agree with the claim that people don't place value on learning new things. It may be anecdotal, but I know that a large portion of people I have talked to genuinely do not care. It's sad, but true. I see it all the time in person and through social media.
A week is more than enough time in regards to something such as this.
Not an apt comparison.
How come? Revenue seems like a more reasonable metric in the context of companies than self reported 'productivity.'
Re:So I guess everyone uses LLMs to think now on Monday November 02, 2026 @09:51AM (#50337603)
Well, that's your problem. You're scanning.
Re:So I guess everyone uses LLMs to think now on Monday November 02, 2026 @09:50AM (#50337590)
I find that capitalization certainly appeals to me more, as someone who reads a lot, but a lack of capitalization doesn't make it any harder for me to read a text, so I'm confused what the issue is here.
Re:So I guess everyone uses LLMs to think now on Monday November 02, 2026 @09:48AM (#50337569)
Sometimes a little arrogance is good, no?
Re:So I guess everyone uses LLMs to think now on Monday November 02, 2026 @09:46AM (#50337547)
You either don't know many people or the people you do know aren't that smart. Maybe both.
'Too much' for what?

In order to quantify whether something is too much, you need to quantify what an optimal or better baseline would be.

Re:We Won't "Just Hang Out" on Friday October 30, 2026 @10:30AM (#50304456)
Suspicion and resistance isn't all that dangerous for a 'superintelligence,' especially if said superintelligence obfuscates the true danger, using others as scapegoats, until it's too late for humanity to do anything about it.
Re:We Won't "Just Hang Out" on Thursday October 29, 2026 @11:39AM (#50290811)
You shouldn't have to compromise on the things you like to do.
Re:We Won't "Just Hang Out" on Thursday October 29, 2026 @11:37AM (#50290782)
What is the implication you're trying to make here? Because if you're trying to 'delete all humans' there are far more efficient ways to do it. So I can only presume you're trying to make a claim about something.
Re:Who Cares Whether Academics Use AI to Write? on Monday October 26, 2026 @10:37AM (#50244498)
I love reading. If AI writing becomes exceptionally good, to the point that I cannot distinguish it from human writing, I will continue to read. But I will desperately avoid anything that has even a slight sense of AI. It is not the quality I care about, but the author.
Re:Who Cares Whether Academics Use AI to Write? on Monday October 26, 2026 @10:35AM (#50244462)
sigh
Re:Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month on Monday October 26, 2026 @10:18AM (#50244152)
Many jokes aren't amusing to the people not intended to receive them.
Re:It's still OK to enjoy programming on Friday October 23, 2026 @10:38AM (#50209845)
If it's a matter of whether the person using it is good at programming or not, then it's just the programmer programming with more steps.
Re:It's still OK to enjoy programming on Friday October 23, 2026 @10:08AM (#50209291)
Then the thing you enjoyed was not programming. It was seeing your ideas exist. Which isn't wrong, but it's essential for you to admit that.
Re:It's still OK to enjoy programming on Friday October 23, 2026 @10:06AM (#50209248)
We've commoditized programming because it often gives an output that can lead to many beneficial things. But that does not mean that programming itself isn't entertainment.

Making art is often considered entertainment, and it can also be commoditized. The difference between entertainment and work is often thin, dictated by personal enjoyment, not how one is paid. I can be paid for something I find very entertaining. I can also be paid for something I find dull.

If the thing I find entertaining disappears, it's reasonable for me to feel grief. For something I enjoyed is no longer available to me, at least not in full.

There's a community around programming, much like chess and basketball. Seeing that community deteriorate into solely programming for profit, and using AI to do so, is tragic. Programming has been very focused on profit for a long time, but now even those who think it fun are debating on whether or not to offload their work to a machine that does all the work for them.

Re:SaaS Is Dead on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @10:49AM (#50181993)
That doesn't disprove the initial claim at all. You don't even address it. Even if they saw it wrongly, that still doesn't mean they see things the same.
Re:We Still Use Paper on Monday October 19, 2026 @10:59AM (#50153314)
The note taking applications of a note taking app and a piece of paper are vastly different.
You learn something new every day.
Everything in their power?

From what I understand, she just stood in front of it. It would be a different thing entirely if she vandalized it in order to obstruct the delivery, but everything in their power is a stretch.

Re:Gen Z Is the First Generation Dumber Than Their Parents on Monday October 19, 2026 @10:09AM (#50152727)
Just because something happens to one group doesn't mean it should happen to another group. If you seek to improve the world, you can acknowledge wrongdoing no matter who it happens to.
Re:Gen Z Is the First Generation Dumber Than Their Parents on Monday October 19, 2026 @10:06AM (#50152705)
> Multiple studies have found that Gen-Z is more gullible to scams.

Could it not be that they're, I don't know, generally younger? And have less experience?

Re:'Jonathan' Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth on Friday October 09, 2026 @10:57AM (#50021428)
I love factorials