Fantastic movie! Did you ever see The Trial? It's about the Kafka book of the same name. Welles is in it briefly, but the cinematic surrealism is breathtaking.
The app is obviously another means of Hoovering up personal data that will undoubtedly be used against the schmucks that vomit their lives personal problems. The maxim remains true, if the service is free, you are the product.
No I haven’t. Wow, Welles in anything from Kafka would add a level of surreal.
I want to watch Future Shock with Welles - I’ve seen parts of it but need to see the whole thing. I’m on this 70s In Search Of / Bermuda Triangle kick lately, and I just rewatched the intro with Welles getting off a plane talking about”there’s a trend where people fear the future. A Future … Shock as it were”. He gets in a limo from the “Institute” and continues the narrative. It’s great paranoia!
Thanks as always for reading. Yes, they are Hoovering and I suspect they are lengthening the time people will spend for revenue. I was talking to a friend last night who is a counselor, and she’s concerned that all the Pharma ads are coaxing people into self diagnosis that they need meds for their anxieties. And then AI based services can be offered as a cheaper alternative.
I am extremely worried about this. What if this teaches them selfishness and never holds them to account? What if it teaches them to blame others around them or take inappropriate actions that don't fit the people in their lives? What if, in order to keep receiving payments, this teaches them to be a little bit broken, to ignore real world people or circumstances for their own benefit? Or to live in a make believe world? I've gone to some real life therapists who told me to stand up to my parents as a teenager or to center myself and enforce boundaries. If I had tried that, I wouldn't have had a place to live or worse. (For good reason) What if this thing doesn't teach them to take responsibility for themselves or encourages victim mentality? And that's before we even talk about telling someone somewhere your deepest secrets that can be stored and potentially be used against you or those you love. Teens love to be hyperbolic because they really do think the world revolves around them when the truth is that no one really notices them at all. (Stunted adults think this way, too) I can totally see an ambulance or cops showing up at some person's home. It's one thing to use AI for medical issues, but mental??? No way.
You raise an excellent point - extending the service via feedback to only deepens loneliness or frustration or depression, etc. Keep them coming back. That’s what has been learned from social media.
And it’s why ChatGPT wanting to launch a social media add on is so concerning.
I am so grateful every single day that my kids are grown and male. They never got into social media, and I am thankful. I worry about the young people now. I wonder if their parents ever put their phones down to check on them.
Fantastic movie! Did you ever see The Trial? It's about the Kafka book of the same name. Welles is in it briefly, but the cinematic surrealism is breathtaking.
The app is obviously another means of Hoovering up personal data that will undoubtedly be used against the schmucks that vomit their lives personal problems. The maxim remains true, if the service is free, you are the product.
Fine article, Mr. Humanzee!
No I haven’t. Wow, Welles in anything from Kafka would add a level of surreal.
I want to watch Future Shock with Welles - I’ve seen parts of it but need to see the whole thing. I’m on this 70s In Search Of / Bermuda Triangle kick lately, and I just rewatched the intro with Welles getting off a plane talking about”there’s a trend where people fear the future. A Future … Shock as it were”. He gets in a limo from the “Institute” and continues the narrative. It’s great paranoia!
Thanks as always for reading. Yes, they are Hoovering and I suspect they are lengthening the time people will spend for revenue. I was talking to a friend last night who is a counselor, and she’s concerned that all the Pharma ads are coaxing people into self diagnosis that they need meds for their anxieties. And then AI based services can be offered as a cheaper alternative.
I am extremely worried about this. What if this teaches them selfishness and never holds them to account? What if it teaches them to blame others around them or take inappropriate actions that don't fit the people in their lives? What if, in order to keep receiving payments, this teaches them to be a little bit broken, to ignore real world people or circumstances for their own benefit? Or to live in a make believe world? I've gone to some real life therapists who told me to stand up to my parents as a teenager or to center myself and enforce boundaries. If I had tried that, I wouldn't have had a place to live or worse. (For good reason) What if this thing doesn't teach them to take responsibility for themselves or encourages victim mentality? And that's before we even talk about telling someone somewhere your deepest secrets that can be stored and potentially be used against you or those you love. Teens love to be hyperbolic because they really do think the world revolves around them when the truth is that no one really notices them at all. (Stunted adults think this way, too) I can totally see an ambulance or cops showing up at some person's home. It's one thing to use AI for medical issues, but mental??? No way.
You raise an excellent point - extending the service via feedback to only deepens loneliness or frustration or depression, etc. Keep them coming back. That’s what has been learned from social media.
And it’s why ChatGPT wanting to launch a social media add on is so concerning.
I am so grateful every single day that my kids are grown and male. They never got into social media, and I am thankful. I worry about the young people now. I wonder if their parents ever put their phones down to check on them.
All Shrinkery Is Jewish; this is just the most Jewish form of it.