Wisdom

Take discomfort with new tech seriously before you can explain it

Quote

just because you can't explain why right this second doesn't mean that it's not there.

Episode 243: Nuts & Logs (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:27:16 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Dave believes there's a legitimate core to people's discomfort with AI that shouldn't be dismissed, even if no one can fully explain it yet. Technology does this all the time: it makes us uncomfortable, and sometimes it takes years to see why, as with the phone in our pocket. Not being able to explain it right now doesn't mean it isn't there.

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  1. Episode 243: Nuts & Logs (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:26:16 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

    Technology does this to us all the time. It makes us uncomfortable. And sometimes it takes years to understand it, to understand why and to see what happened.

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