ABshr3k t1_j9ww5dw wrote on February 25, 2023 at 3:30 AM

Well, relatives and colleagues not getting the extent of how much things will change (and how fast) does not bother me as much as the “smart” people in media (even tech media) totally missing the point. They do not bother to do an iota of research and sound more or less like general public while fawning over or criticizing the ONE AI system them know of - ChatGPT. More than lack of imagination, theirs is pure laziness.

magosaurus t1_j9y7n5e wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:53 PM

I work in tech as a career software developer and I'm finding that my non-tech friends and relatives seem to have better intuition about the significance of what we're seeing and where things are going. My co-workers seem uninterested and don't get it.

This surprises me and I don't have a satisfying explanation for it.

I think they *think* they know more than they do and are dismissing it based on their prior experience with AI tech. That's my best theory.

thelefthander t1_j9yk5b8 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:46 PM

This is very interesting, it’s like the reverse Dunning Kruger effect. Or perhaps, the uninitiated are more prone to macro thinking when it comes to connecting the dots.

BlueShipman t1_ja077pd wrote on February 25, 2023 at 9:27 PM

>I think they *think* they know more than they do and are dismissing it based on their prior experience with AI tech.

I've encountered this on reddit.

They'll say "i'm a programmer who has worked with AI before, and therefore..." and it's always wrong. AI has changed drastically in the last 6 months and anyone using it before then has no clue what it can do now.