I think the current online alpha male culture is a marketing tool meant to validate the antisocial beliefs of potential customers in order to convert them into paying customers.
Things won’t make people happy for forever, happiness comes from within. People with financial resources can afford to spend a lot of time running from that truth.
I think the closest thing we have to a “right tool” is your brain. If you’re looking for a product your first thought shouldn’t be “let me ask Chat GPT” it should be something like“let me ask someone who sells or is familiar with this product.”
Tools like search engines can be useful for finding the right people to talk to.
I think people like interacting with a computers instead of people because it’s “more convenient.” Many computer systems smooth over the friction that we experience in the real world.
One of the common topics for internet comics these days seems to be anxiety people have about making phone calls, and I think search engines and chat bots present a similar dynamic.
Yes, maybe people don’t experience as much anxiety when using a chatbot or interactive voice recording, but ultimately those tools won’t always work and people will eventually need to work through their anxiety to accomplish what they want which involves interacting with other humans (or choose not to engage with people and become bitter and isolated.)
It’s both. People are misusing AI at the encouragement of companies who want to sell it.
What people want is factually correct information. AI doesn’t deliver this, what it delivers is competently presented and easily understood words which may or may not be correct.
Unfortunately, many people don’t understand how AI works so they don’t realize that they’re using the wrong tool for what they want to accomplish.
The reason AI is part of the problem is that it contributes to the spread of misinformation.
I think it’s more that they see Trump as a confirmation of their world view.
They feel scared and threatened, they seek evidence to confirm their feelings, and Trump provides them with the reassuring narrative that affirms their world view.
If people could get help dealing with the things that they’re actually afraid of struggling with they wouldn’t be as engaged with fear mongering.
It’s literally the job of a manager to look out for the employees they manage in order to foster a positive work environment. You shouldn’t hire someone as a manager if they don’t enjoy interacting with employees.
I understand what it feels like to think you don’t deserve anything good, but please be open to the idea that you could be wrong.
Maybe it’s not as important to get what you think you deserve. Another way of thinking about it is relearning to accept and reject the things that are given to you.
Well he’s scared of nazis and he’s scared of gay people so gay people are the same as nazis.