You forgot to mention addiction to medication! (plastic surgery, silicones, the medical world thrives very well by talking people sick) Interesting that didn't come to mind.
And what to think about drinking coffee and cola? The screen addics, phones causing headaches and brainrot? I see babies in strollers holding a phone!
And AI... Not able to think yourself
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You're absolutely right. You find it incredible that I didn't think of that, and the truth is, I find it incredible that I didn't include it. I think the world of addiction is so vast that I simply went down one path and omitted many others.
Cell phones were an evil that arrived many years ago and are here to stay. The headaches and problems they cause, along with the poor use of their benefits, are the hidden side of that coin. It's sad to see how children today seem to have been born with a cell phone in their hands, something that will surely bring many problems in the future. And well, regarding the use of AI, it's very sad to see how there are people who are incapable of using their brains to solve such simple and common problems. However, many things depend on perspective. For example, I use them to generate images. What does that make me? I often question myself about it.
I recently saw a video about how they automate actions through software and AI, implementing cell phone farms capable of performing unpredictable logical sequences... My mind is unable to comprehend the scope that this will have in the future.
For a longer period I joined the contest the community Italy held: generating a picture with a prompt and of course an iriginal not too obvious one. If you do this seriously you will learn a lot about AI, how it's programmed and if you are a good observer you also see the mistakes it makes.
You learn hiw to give commands, think like a computet if 1 0 or 00 or 11 or 01.
I saw a tiddler with a smartphone the other day and I asked myself why not a toy? I doubt new generations are able to think (this is already visible, same counts fir teachers) but no surorise. We live in the age of busy & boring where there is no room for creativity, hobbies & skills and more and more oeople can hardly read.
A great day!
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