I feel this in itself is a sign of the times. I mean look at all the Trump voters who are only now waking up to the possibility that this person does not have their best interests at heart, while so many have been saying exactly that for 10 years.
I’m sure there’s a proverb about it, too. Like “fools vote trump and laugh at wisdom” or so.
So, first the world cheers people doing horrible shit. And when that produces predictably horrible results we try to pull it back again. I see a pattern here.
“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” commonly attributed to Mark Twain, though that tie is unconfirmed. Fits well with the AI hype, with big tech, and with all consumerism. Also Trump.
“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”
I feel this in itself is a sign of the times. I mean look at all the Trump voters who are only now waking up to the possibility that this person does not have their best interests at heart, while so many have been saying exactly that for 10 years.
I’m sure there’s a proverb about it, too. Like “fools vote trump and laugh at wisdom” or so.
So, first the world cheers people doing horrible shit. And when that produces predictably horrible results we try to pull it back again. I see a pattern here.
Some for 50 years. Trump didn’t come out of nowhere. Him running for office used to be a joke.
“If you think putting AI in a child’s toy or voting for Trump is a good idea you might just be a fucking idiot”?
“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” commonly attributed to Mark Twain, though that tie is unconfirmed. Fits well with the AI hype, with big tech, and with all consumerism. Also Trump.
“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”
Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World