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Soon, we will all be called "boomers" because we use internet search and not slopbots (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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I guess nowadays it's "UNC" huh?

But yeah. Judging by people I know and co workers , no one will be using search in a couple years. Gonna be a bad time.

Also I'm curious how many folks on this instance are even under 35! They may not have ever experienced non corporate internet ..

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[–] jaredwhite@humansare.social 54 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The most AI-pilled people I know tend to be older, honestly.

Let's not "blame the kids" for problems they have no responsibility in creating.

If they're using AI services and big corporate social media all day, it's because that's the world they were sucked into by the Fuckerbergs of the world.

Rather than just complain about it, let's do our best to build & encourage tools, services, and marketing campaigns that appeal to Gen Z and help them discover they don't have to accept the slop being shoved in their face.

[–] jaredwhite@humansare.social 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm not just talking out of my hat here. I've been tracking this stuff, and here's yet another indication that (unlike the vast majority of other tech shifts/hype cycles), young people are NOT convinced the AI age is glorious. https://news.gallup.com/poll/708224/gen-adoption-steady-skepticism-climbs.aspx

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

There's some hope!

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

young people are NOT convinced the AI age is glorious. https://news.gallup.com/poll/708224/gen-adoption-steady-skepticism-climbs.aspx

good. maybe the kids will be alright.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Eh. I work at a university with a couple of student employees and according to them a significant number of their peers run basically every through they have through AI. Like you ask someone their opinion on something and they start clacking into Chat GPT for the answer.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Ive seen this. Thats pretty bad.

Well, much like redhat magas, all the easier to spot the dipshits of the world early on I guess.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

will be fascinating to watch them crash out when the ai bubble pops and they have to start prioritizing their use of the gtp etc products

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Certainly agree! But outside of a few interns a year that I can try to guide the right way, what am I gonna do? Hold a seminar to teach people who to be tech literate in the modern world ? No one would attend..

Really, its all up to the parents. And from parents ive seen...its not looking good.

We would need a billion dollar marketing campaign to educate people away from the zuccs and muskys.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's a bit of a bathtub IMO. High at each end and lower in the middle.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lots and lots of young people definitely default to AI as their internet search.

[–] jaredwhite@humansare.social 1 points 1 month ago

I don't know what that means. Virtually everyone who uses a "search engine" uses Google which now pushes AI Overviews hard. So whether it's Google or ChatGPT… 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Almost everyone I know that's gen z or millennial hate and avoid AI garbage. I don't think this is remotely true.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

You must know smarter folks!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Then they're using "boomers" wrong. Boomers were born between 1945-1965. Has nothing to do with personality, or tech knowledge.

[–] cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everytime I read 'boomer' on social media it reminds me of that old Star Trek episode (Miri, TOS, 1966) where the children refer to the adults as 'grups' because they've lost the knowledge of the original term 'grown up'.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Now see.....star trek is so timeless that I can't tell if you're a legit boomer, or just watch old tv.

I mean, I'm only 42, but I grew up with Get Smart, and Gilligans Island. I still say the smartest thing the professor ever did was intentionally not getting off the island.

Think about it. The Howells were incredibly awful people, but they never dared trying to change the status quo.

The skipper was out of shape, and always angry, and prone to violence.

Gilligan was in shape, but mentally something wasn't right. He often had the maturity of a child.

So that just left the professor on a desserted island with Ginger and Mary-Anne. On an island where no male was hotter than him, nobody smarter than him. Essentially he's the most attractive person, and the only real option for two hot women. One of which is a legit movie star.

He has no debt. He has no bills. He has no responsibilities. On an island where he's the alpha. All he's gotta do is convince these dummies that he's making transistor radios out of bamboo and coconuts. Somehow.

Why WOULD he want to be rescued? Back home he's just one professor of many, with no options. Here he has his own hutt, two hotties, and two goons who gather resources for him. He just has to tolerate these two rich fuckwits. And if thats the worst part of your life, then life is going pretty great.

[–] cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Nice Gilligan's Island analysis, now I'm questioning the Professor's motives.

I'm an early millennial, too, with boomer parents. Old TV is good IMO ('and loving it!').

I grew up on similar shows. TNG was my first Star Trek. I did eventually watch all of TOS when Hulu first emerged as a free online streaming service. My favorite is City on the Edge of Forever.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

not getting off

tsk, there was lots of getting off... the only question is mary sue, marilyn, or gilf?

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who? What show are you watching?

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Marianne was a plain, sweet girl with seemingly no flaws, like a stereotypical "Mary Sue" archetype.

Ginger was a hot movie star, originally written to be a combination of Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe.

And the GILF is Mrs. Howell, which goes without explanation.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

I lose my mind when people use it to refer to people who are just older or something else. Generational marking is important for understanding why a generation acts a certain way. The events leading to them and during their developmental lives affects so much. A member of the Greatest Generation that lived through the depression and the wars is going to have different views on food and being self sufficient than someone who is Gen X or Millennial.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well yes, but to Young's it just .means old person. Much like UNC .

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What is UNC?

Is it short for uncle?

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

And we can call them dumbfucks, because they never learned how to think.

Seriously, the stuff schoolteachers are saying about modern AI-dependent kids and teenagers is about as troubling to me as climate change.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Already happening OP

already happened

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[–] mrbeano@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago

"Bro, Grok says that the old Internet totally sucked. Don't worry about it. (Drink your verification can!)"

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

Also I'm curious how many folks on this instance are even under 35

Just about 29 here! Overall I'd say I hate AI as does everyone around me my age that I know. I do think current iterations of LLMs, specifically for programming cases, are useful but only when restricted to an advisor role rather than writing any code itself.

If you ask an LLM about how to use a certain library or module and you go and fact check its' answer then its not really any different than général internet research IMO.

Ignoring programming though:

Fuck any type of AI creative media or work. It's so god damn dystopian to offshore human creativity to fucking computers

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Gen-x are called Boomer now.

We'll survive this too.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Meh. Whatever.

[–] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

That's brave of them. Gen-Xrs I interact with are basically feral.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I should start working AI chatbot brainrot-isms into my common parlance just to try and kill it with cringe.

somebody states an obvious and passing observation: "Gpt is this true??" They say they want to do something: "Wanting to do something is a bold move. There's a bit of mystery, a bit of science, and a lot of patience involved! The fact that you're willing to try it already puts you ahead of most people. Here's a simple, realistic plan to get you there"

Think, we could kill it like how we kill every trend or common societal tradition

[–] leoj@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

AI IS TOTALLY 6-7!

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

"type shit"

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm 32 and grew up on the internet before corporate internet, I think the age cutoff is a bit younger than you think, probably closer to 25

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

L8 20's here.

My earliest memories of computers involve AOL dialup and reader rabbit powered by pentium 3's/ppc macs running windows xp running is 9/early OS X.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

How would that make sense if we aren't members of the Baby Boom cohort?

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

Oops I don't care!

None of these AI kids are gonna know how to do anything anyway.

[–] dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

If you use llm's or think theyre good for anything, you were never a person in the first place.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Can't wait for, "My slopbot is better than your slopbot."

How in the fuck are you supposed to cite a slopbot anyways!?

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