alt Hacker NewsDoom scrolling is mindless entertainment, probably similar to the change from books to TV. It's not analogous to the loss of cognitive abilities we see with AI.
Doom scrolling is mindless entertainment, probably similar to the change from books to TV. It's not analogous to the loss of cognitive abilities we see with AI.
You will have hard time to prove it isn’t. We have plenty of studies showing how bad platform providers are for you in every which way: focus, learning ability, reading level etc. And no, it is in no way like TV (although TV today tries its hardest to resemble social media content).
Point is, the technology itself is not harmful nor innocuous in itself, it is how we let these shitty corporations to guide and control how we use technology. AI is a useful tool, so is chat application with a friend list. So is a hammer. You don’t need to use any of them to smash your face in.