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Written by Riccardo Mori on 2025-01-28 at 01:20

Jaron Lanier on artificial intelligence, from a 1995 interview:

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Written by Riccardo Mori on 2025-01-28 at 01:28

I also love the remark the interviewer makes after Lanier finishes elaborating on that point:

“I’m very concerned about the moronization of America, and I see it promoted in movies. We certainly don’t want that to happen in the computer industry, where the whole point is to use tools to empower us, not to numb us.”

30 years later I read this, and I can't help chuckling bitterly.

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