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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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If AI was all it was cracked up to be, it wouldn't be shoved in your face 24/7 (startrek.website)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by IcedRaktajino@startrek.website to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[I literally had this thought in the shower this morning so please don't gatekeep me lol.]

If AI was something everyone wanted or needed, it wouldn't be constantly shoved your face by every product. People would just use it.

Imagine if printers were new and every piece of software was like "Hey, I can put this on paper for you" every time you typed a word. That would be insane. Printing is a need, and when you need to print, you just print.

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 54 points 10 months ago (1 child)

If AI truly was the next frontier, we wouldn’t be staring at the start of another depression (or a bad recession). There would be a revolution of innovations and most people’s lives would improve.

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The idea that technological improvements would improve everyone's life is based on the premise that capitalists wouldn't keep the productivity gains for themselves.

AI does offer some efficiency improvements. But the workers won't get that money.