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Tell HN: AI New Digital Divide

4 pointsby franzeover 1 year ago
A new digital divide.<p>You all know these &quot;previous generation&quot; people? You know, those who use technology (smartphones, tablets, PCs, internet) but they just do not do it right? They use it, but in a kinda wrong, clunky, slow way. And not to the full potential. Well, if it makes them happy.<p>DIGITAL DIVIDE 1<p>And then there is us, we use technology the right way. Fast, efficient, we use it when it brings value, we do not use it when we think &quot;nah, I don&#x27;t like it&quot;.<p>We use it the &quot;right way&quot;.<p>For the first group, we are &quot;the younger generation&quot;, see below.<p>DIGITAL DIVIDE 2<p>And then there is &quot;the younger generation&quot;. They use smartphones when they should use PCs. They use technology the whole time even when they shouldn&#x27;t. They edit videos on smartphones, why would anyone do that? Well, they are inexperienced and will know better over time.<p>By the way, we are &quot;previous generation&quot; for them<p>And now there is DIGITAL DIVIDE AI<p>There are those who use AI - for all tasks they can think of. And for tasks they could not think of, and do it anyway.<p>And those who don&#x27;t.<p>And those who don&#x27;t, are using technology in a wrong, clunky, slow way. And not to the full potential. Well, if it makes them happy.<p>This new DIGITAL DIVIDE AI is bigger than THE SUM OF ALL OTHER DIGITAL DIVIDES COUNTED TOGETHER of the internet age.

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kosasbestover 1 year ago
AI is just hype at the moment, and subject to a hype cycle. Now we&#x27;re at the peak, but usage will drop. The people using AI and wielding it the &#x27;right way&#x27; will have made their money and live in Margaritaville, and everyone else will just use it as a personal assistant to make life easier, not make millions. Things will settle down. It will integrate into everything eventually just like a basic search functionality has been integrated into any capable app.