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This could have come straight from an article in the 80s about how she won’t date folks who watch television.
Such a strange article, even if I agree with the premise.
Of all the problems with AI, how does attention span crack anyone's top 50?
Especially considering all the other empirically proven ways that attention spans have been shortening for decades prior to this.
10 bucks this woman has used Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, (insert social media here) a hell of a lot more than this guy has used ChatGPT.
That being said, yes — you probably shouldn't trust someone that puts blind faith in ChatGPT. But definitely not for that stupid reason.
Edit: I mean, shit, wasn't there an odd correlation between Spongebob's release and attention spans shortening? I think the study was proven inaccurate in the sense that it negatively affected attention spans of children below the target demographic, but still — none of this is a new phenomena associated with the advent of AI.
I'm in my forties and I've been hearing about how XY and z have been shortening attention spans literally since the 1980s.
Nintendo is ruining your attention span they shouted as we locked in for hours of Zelda, hand drawing maps. Music videos are ruining people's attention span. CDs being able to skip tracks was going to ruin our attention span. Instant messaging was definitely going to ruin our attention span. When I was a kid they were saying our attention spans could be measured in seconds so if it's gotten worse I don't know how anyone finishes a sentence.
This year I heard how cocommelon commands too much attention from toddlers. So I guess our brains can be undercooked or over cooked.
The one thing I wouldn't expect to be blamed for undermining our attention span would be a long form text-based back and forth conversation with a chatbot.
I wasn't arguing that AI doesn't harm people's brains, I was arguing that there are so many other things to be morally opposed to AI about that attention spans might as well not even be a consideration.
it's virtue signalling.
'i do not participate in the unvirtuous activity. therefore I am superior to those that do'.
people love to virtue signal based on what they do/don't do, and do/don't consume.
dating profiles on dating apps are loaded with virtue signal nonsense, because it makes the signaler feel they are 'above' other people, or that such signalling will 'prevent' the non-virtuous heathens from trying to date them.
Hmmm that depends... if I don't participate in sex trafficking, I think that's beyond virtual signaling and into being plain old decent.
Personally I have no issues watching TV (for example) but I wouldn't want to date someone who tells me their #1 hobby is to watch TV.
Particular to this case, I hate AI but I would not discard people in my life if they use AI... however, the people that claim out loud that ChatGPT (or any other) is their best friend would raise serious red flags in my head.
I mean, I feel like signaling the things you value to people you are actually going to potentially date is the entire purpose of dating apps? Like if you are just doing it on social media to people at large then sure I agree, but dating apps seems like the perfect place to say what you value in other people.
There are lines though and it can get blurry. As an example, my family accuses me of virtue signaling because I refuse to engage in their racism. That I refuse to judge people by the color of their skin or their religion, I am called every name in the book.
Now, this is clearly not my problem, and I am not virtue signaling, but it’s a semi-loaded term these days, used CONSTANTLY by reactionaries.
Maybe the article is a bit, I’ll give you that. However, I can’t condemn her for her lines, no skin off my nose. I’m not upset by virtue signalling, if anything it’s good information on how to treat and interact with those people. The virtues my family signals for example, have been quite valuable to how I interact with them (as little as possible).
Remember those people that used to brag they didn’t own a TV at every opportunity?
"I don't even have a TV in my house. 😤"
"Oh. I'm sorry to hear about your money problems."
Yea, if thats the issue apps like tiktok better be on their refusal list as well.