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On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 8/7/24 12:57 AM, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>> The Real Bev writes:
>>> On 8/6/24 6:55 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>>> The Real Bev wrote or quoted:
>>>>> What happens when there are no more toolmakers?
>>>> Well, if by "toolmakers" you mean those devs cranking out text
>>>> editors, search engines, or AI chatbots: We're swimming in them these
>>>> days, more than ever before in human history! So I'd say: I'll cross
>>>> that bridge when I come to it, if we ever actually run low on those
>>>> folks. (Sure, some tech fields are hurting for talent, but that's
>>>> probably not because of the new AI chatbots hitting the scene.)
>>>
>>> I mean people who have serious work to do and know how to make a
>>> computer do it for them. REAL experts. If there are only people who
>>> know how to use the tools already provided for them, who will make NEW
>>> tools?
>>
>> Obviously nobody. But it’s a hypothetical situation which isn’t about to
>> happen.
>
> I'm not so sure. I look at the general dumbing down of our (and apparently
> non-USA) population and wonder if there are enough intelligent people left to
> make a difference. Look at the schools. Loot at the governments. Look at the
> media. Is there any reason to be optimistic?
>
In my case... short term no, long term, yes. We've survived, as a species,
world wars, famines, pestilence. Anything we're seeing today is nothing in
comparison.
Yes, we're perhaps at a local minimum, but give it a decade or two, and
we'll again sprint for a local maximum. =)
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