@MightyTalon
This morning when I woke up I felt like I was in some kind of surreal reality. My brain was foggy and it took me a while to remember what day it is, and it felt like I was in a scene out of the Matrix movie. And then I thought about the different perspectives people have had about the changes here... Try a thought experiment with me... In your mind, zoom out. Zoom far out until you're looking at your life, and the world, from an outside perspective. And then focus on where we currently are as humans, in our current stage of development and in our current historical era... Isn't it a strange thought that we now accept so easily the reality that we must speak and act in a way that pleases a bot? When we comment, the bot tells us it doesn't like a particular phrase and we change our words. When we post, we must post within the rules. When we want to show appreciation or support for another person's words, the bot decides if it's allowed and what the value of our appreciation will be. This all feels strange and surreal. Like a George Orwell novel. Is it just me, or do you also find this "algorithm reality" strange? #NoiseCashiansWorld
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As I wrote in another reply, 40, (yes, forty!), years ago when I was in college, a professor of mine once told us that some people were of the belief that technology was directing and driving us, not the other way around. So ..... are we really in control of our technological destiny, or has technology in some sense taken over, and is using us for its own purposes? When thoughts like this disturb me, I remember that the ultimate authority over existence is God, and if technology is somehow out of control and developing with a goal to replace humans, it will only succeed with His approval.