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magvadis t1_j3jwezp wrote

This seems like a lot of complex words to say something you could say in a sentence that everyone already agrees with. Young people are agents of change because they do not adopt the privileges of the system. Working into a system inherently asks you to question it. This is a recurring basic element of any system.

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lizzolz t1_j3kghz3 wrote

I agree. The headline pontificates way too much. The mark of good writing is to convey something complex in a relatively simple way, not to make grand verbose statements that mislead people.

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EarthTrash t1_j3kowoa wrote

The latest generation is destroying civilization? Never heard that one before.

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cannaeinvictus t1_j3kkhmy wrote

“Due to the introduction of vastly new minds” that doesn’t make sense at at. Vastly and new Sony go together like the writer is forcing them to.

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Gmroo OP t1_j3kz20v wrote

Yes, vastly was supposed to precede "different",.. which didn't fit..changed one word, forgot to change the other one... mind fart.

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Gmroo OP t1_j3l009u wrote

With all due respect, this is not the topic...did you even read it?

It's about the introduction of new mind architectures with new subjectivity and the consequences of that. It answers the question: "What happens to civilizaiton when we can actually augment our minds and create all sorts of AIs?"

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magvadis t1_j3opl3t wrote

New agents. New children. New ai...AI is still Intelligence.

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Gmroo OP t1_j3plzf9 wrote

Categorically and drastically different than merely new humans. That's the whole point of the post.

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magvadis t1_j3r9q6f wrote

I really don't see anything here but a label that still applies.

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Ohgodgethelp t1_j3lxfdc wrote

No, thats not exactly what it says. Your framing makes it sound like a 1960s civil rights revolution. This is about increasing complexity in the way the new generations minds work, causing them to be incompatible with what came before.

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ThePokemon_BandaiD t1_j3mvej4 wrote

its not about people at all... its about the future of artificial intelligences or transhuman minds

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magvadis t1_j3opfok wrote

Given one instance applies to any function that fits it I don't see how something that works for civil rights in the ,60s doesn't work for general systems in many situations.

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Ohgodgethelp t1_j3oxg4y wrote

That makes no sense. You're stating 1) young people are agents of change 2) because they do not accept the previous generation had certain privileges.

Article states 1) young people result in a changing social system because 2) they absorb and process data in a completely different level of complexity.

The civil rights of the 60's could be seen as a result of this, but it's a big assumption. In any case that does not mean the civil rights of the 60's is EQUIVALENT of this, any more than a dog having four legs means all quadrupeds are dogs.

The example in the article could also apply to older generations being unable to have any sort of discourse with younger generations due to more complex modes of thinking. You could say that, for example, grandpa going crazy because of facebook is a result of a younger generation processing information at such a level that they could literally hack grandpa's brain.

It's not too many complex words to say a simple phrase. I'm afraid you didn't grasp what was being said and you oversimplified it for your own understanding.

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