Suolucidir t1_jebrnhn wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:23 PM

Have you ever heard the expression "go outside and touch some grass?" (People say it to be offensive sometimes, but I don't mean it that way here.)

Basically, it means that you are living online too much or indoors too much and it is starting to make you feel like your personal experience(which is mostly online/indoors) is more representative of reality than it really is.

Whereas, in actual fact and (perhaps)unbeknownst to you, your personal experience has become VERY divorced from the real/natural/outdoor world(this usually leads to depressive or anxious thoughts about your life as well).

Anyway! That was all context. I just wanted to say: No. It is highly unlikely that AI is controlling society, and a LOT of the fears about it online/in media are preemptive. The issues evoking fear are relevant and really need to be discussed, but the ramifications of these tools are not as pervasive yet as they may seem, given that discussion of them is wildly pervasive already.

I cannot prove what I have said above, because that requires proving the negative - that AI is NOT in control. And that is why you have to personally touch grass to believe me(and feel OK about this stuff too).

Crazy-Mall-5301 OP t1_jebruuq wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:24 PM

Thank you, you hit the nail on the head. I’ve been in my room on my phone way too long

Suolucidir t1_jebuq6g wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:43 PM

Aw yeah, that was me like just a few days ago! It'll happen again, so remember to reflect on what your environment and recent behaviors whenever you start feeling weird, that's what I try to do anyway and it works most of the time.

People say routine daily exercise, even if it's like super brief(<10min jumping jacks or outdoor walking, for example) can help keep us grounded too.

Ok-Shine-1622 t1_jeew5vi wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:45 PM

>level 1Suolucidir+2 · 17 hr. agoHave you ever heard the expression "go outside and touch some grass?" (People say it to be offensive sometimes, but I don't mean it that way here.)Basically, it means that you are living online too much or indoors too much and it is starting to make you feel like your personal experience(which is mostly online/indoors) is more representative of reality than it really is.Whereas, in actual fact and (perhaps)unbeknownst to you, your personal experience has become VERY divorced from the real/natural/outdoor world(this usually leads to depressive or anxious thoughts about your life as well).Anyway! That was all context. I just wanted to say: No. It is highly unlikely that AI is controlling society, and a LOT of the fears about it online/in media are preemptive. The issues evoking fear are relevant and really need to be discussed, but the ramifications of these tools are not as pervasive yet as they may seem, given that discussion of them is wildly pervasive already.I cannot prove what I have said above, because that requires proving the negative - that AI is NOT in control. And that is why you have to personally touch grass to believe me(and feel OK about this stuff too).

this comment written by ChatGPT.

Just__Tyler t1_jefop6d wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:51 PM

While I don't disagree with you on AI actually controlling society, a relatively large portion of the American stock economy has been proliferated by the trading algorithm Aladdin since 1997. "[Aladdin] controls over half of all ETFs, 17% of the bond market, and 10% of the stock market." https://innotechtoday.com/blackrock-is-the-biggest-company-youve-never-heard-of/#:~:text=Aladdin%20executes%20trades%20in%20every,10%25%20of%20the%20stock%20market.

Suolucidir t1_jeg3nle wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:30 PM

To me, this means that Wall Street and retirees(including people near retirement) should be more concerned about the implications of AI/ML than Main Street and people who still have many working years left.

Even so, it does not necessarily mean that anything bad is going to happen to Wall Street or retirement portfolios, it just means that persons more reliant on savings/investments(as opposed to active cashflows) should pay attention to the issue for their own interests.

Is that what it means to you too? Or something different/additional?