From: jfairchild@tudado.org
The Real Bev writes:
> On 8/9/24 1:28 PM, D wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> We've never had as many people on earth as we have today, and there
> will be more. At least in cities the big problem is just too many
> people, most of them pretty stupid.
Are you aware of current fertility rates? Check it out.
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