Good one!

In the EU, most people don't pay health insurance, don't worry about being left homeless, pay exactly what the price of lunch is (no tipping) enjoy their lives without feeling like they need to constantly work, work, work. Oh and there's a distinct lack of guns everywhere.

OTOH, the US innovates better but the cost is the US debt which is like 95% of GDP compared to 86% of GDP for the EU.
The US debt was a lot lower than the EU until 2008 when US politicians found out they could fund almost anything by pushing the debt into the future.

I am always flabbergasted when peeps in the US think they have a better standard of living.

How long until people quit learning programming languages?

I started using AI coding assistants last year. Because of this, I haven't had to write any actual code since then but I've made huge progress with my projects.
The beauty of AI coding is you leave room in your brain for conceptual ideas instead of volumes of syntax.

I think these tests will need to change to find the students who can compete while using AI assistants.

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Such optimism! ;) (You are absolutely right, sadly)

The entire economic system was predicated on gainful employment and continued expansion.
Now we're looking at a huge reduction in employment and all the profits of AI going to the billionaires.
This will not end well.

The irony is anyone can go to something like Suno and make their own music. I have a nice playlist on my phone with AI created songs that I prompted.
I'm not sure why, but some of these songs are really, really well made and very compelling to listen to.

It's a paradigm shift and the world is not ready.

Exactly! The court slapping a company with a large lawsuit judgement is what gets things fixed.

Or at the very least smart glasses that autofocus.
Presbyopia is a bitch.

Sadly true. I also left.

Social media platforms only serve those who like to suck the oxygen out of the room.

There is absolutely no critical thinking going on there.

Good take!

I too watched Bluesky evolve into a liberal echo chamber. That was when I deleted my account.

I find that asking AI for "objective" news works the best. AI doesn't seem to care about politics...yet.

Please don't give the AI god any ideas.

Well said!
No one really cares about the semantics of AI intelligence.
All they care about is does this help me write code and the answer to that is yes.

There are species on this planet that most of us would love to live without. Mosquitos are one of them. Ticks and lice are too.
Since we can easily sequence the DNA, let's do it and keep the friggin' mosquitos in the DNA bank instead of on me.

Throwing a rock and throwing a gun at someone is the same crime. Firing a pistol at someone is different.

The Character.AI has a TOS that every customer receives.
This is very pertinent since the TOS covers the fact that it's not a real person you're talking to.
Sadly, anyone who's truly suicidal will figure out a way, chatbot or not.