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Joseph Fink@planetoffinks.bsky.social |
remind me, when companies create an actual revolutionary technology that is going to change the world, do they usually have to beg users to adopt it, give it away for free for years, and at last resort force it on people with no way to disable it? Is that usually how revolutionary tech works?
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Strife3025
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Usually, thats more how religion spreads
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Amber Heron
@ambercoyote.bsky.social
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It's softcore Borg
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An Angry Scientist
@anangryscientist.bsky.social
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This is a good argument, but amusingly the answer is “sometimes, yeah”. Introducing potatoes to Europe was an absolute game-changer in terms of nutrition per acreage, but met with skepticism so folks like this guy had to hype it/invent dishes to show it off, etc. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine...
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Cynthia Gómez
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Also, what's going to change the world is a change in the relations of production, not any new technology.
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Gunpla Brian
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Naw, the last time we got to see a real moment like that was the release of windows 95. If its good enough, people will lose their minds for it Though, no one releases computer software in big boxes anymore so its harder to gauge We should bring that back
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Katrice Metaluna
@katricemetaluna.bsky.social
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It's basically how they got Americans to love cars so much.
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Jason D. Salvagni
@trisalvagni.bsky.social
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remembersonly
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It’s the vanguard party model of revolution. The proletariat is not ready for the future. They need a firm hand to guide them.
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Jarda
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It also depends on if opposition will end up on guillotine or in gulags or not. If not, then it's not revolutionary.
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MonicaGoldberg
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Or do they line up for it because they just can’t wait to use it? Feel like I’ve seen that before.
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Phil
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Exactly, truly transformational products sell themselves; there's no need for hype and forced engagement. They also usually start out as curiosities, E.g. the internet and smartphones.
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Rooker
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When steel was invented, everyone was forced to carry a sword. When Graham invented the telephone, US Marshals forced their way into every home to install them in the kitchen. This is how science works.
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mjfgates
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"counter-revolutionary tech"
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Émile Lewis: Air Will Be Bud
@emilepleasestop.bsky.social
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The universal law of ‘if you have to tell people that something is the future, it isn’t’ remains strong
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Ziyyigo-Tipyigo
@ziyyigo-tipyigo.bsky.social
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Beware of "revolutions" backed by aristocrats.
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Your Administration Needs Upgradation
@aldokelrast.bsky.social
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I remember when Steve Jobs mailed me an ipod with a $100 bill taped to it.
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Lunar Parking Orbit
@lunarparkingorbit.bsky.social
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Bitcoin?
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River Cavy
@rivercavy.bsky.social
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Worked for Google plus
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Harley (hellhound) and Frankie (human)
@harleyhellhound.bsky.social
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AOHell?
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Ralf W
@raflw.bsky.social
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The tech is revolutionary... but in service to whom?
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Jim Marshall
@the6thjm.bsky.social
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I think they're confusing revolutionary technology with revolutionary juntas.
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Cerulean 💙
@ceruthewolf.bsky.social
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Give it away for free? Yeah. Anything else? Probably not
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Alzamon || アルサもン
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The resort force begins when the VC money dries up 🙃
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@lordofcakes.bsky.social
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Pretty sure that's how it went with seatbelts.
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Mo
@moinqueens.bsky.social
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it's a trap
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Narayanan Embar
@narayanan.bsky.social
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What confirms it is a revolutionary technology? Sometimes the companies believe too much of itself due to bias. Sometimes it is too early for the market acceptance.
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Marty Olliff
@martyolliff.bsky.social
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Revolution. . . from above
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Your🐀text🐀here
@worldoffoo.bsky.social
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I mean, yes sometimes people are slow to pick up innovation when it's actually an improvement. This is not one of those cases.
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dbstewart_tn
@adavelikeanyother.bsky.social
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Soooo... that was the core of a ChatGPT prompt, right?
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John Firth
@bitteroldguy.bsky.social
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This reminds me of the observation that the most recent actual innovation in banking is the ATM. Everything else is just a grift.
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Oui ... Hon Hon Hon ... OUI!
@untimelygamer.bsky.social
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I mean, kind of, sometimes? That is basically how Microsoft defeated Netscape with Internet Explorer.
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Amy Hoy
@amyhoy.bsky.social
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yes but not in this way. the inventor of the LED died destitute and LEDs weren’t widely adopted until much later they weren’t spending billions on it obv
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rocket's little place of honor 🎗️
@rocketamari.bsky.social
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in fact, we got songs about it
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Matt Baldwin
@thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social
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Remember how the first few generations of smartphones were frequently waitlisted, because demand exceeded the supply?
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Alli Thomas
@alliartist.bsky.social
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Yes IF it's a medical advancement (looking at you, disinfecting and hand washing)
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dynamic homosexual
@ptoughkneigh.bsky.social
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Give it away for free probably Everyone allowed AI Generated images/videos/assets for free until the well dried up. Now we have companies wanting to shove AI into every aspect of computing. Apple did it a long time ago (Machine Learning) but it wasn't the way Microsoft/Google does it.
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Verity Vagary
@mgcomics.bsky.social
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Only with vaccines
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Libby
@libbystigaard.bsky.social
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Erich w/ an h
@erichwanh.bsky.social
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Who is it that actively hates progress? Here's a hint, they don't have the word "progress" in their name. Now, compare the technology you're implying with technology that has been actively stifled in history. What group is pushing the tech you're implying?
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Andromeda Yelton
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I mean, I am all here for chatgpt skepticism, but…sometimes yes? People destroyed Semmelweis rather than believe him about hand-washing. Ditto Cantor and number theory. Joseph Lister had to do a giant PR tour for surgical antiseptic. And WOW but people worried that writing would destroy thought.
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TQ White II
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I'd say, pretty much always. People don't like change at all. There was huge resistance to steam engines, electricity and washing your hands.
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Sensual Kazoo
@sensualkazoo.bsky.social
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But it worked so well with crypto coin and the blockchain.
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Premonitions
@premonitions.bsky.social
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Like a U2 album just…suddenly existing on everyone’s iPod one day
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Tio sortudex 🏳️⚧️ 🍀
@gsortudex.bsky.social
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Não sou obrigado a ler em inglês
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Shelley
@whistlingchicken.bsky.social
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Isn’t that exactly how everything works? Herd mentality hates change. Not pitching for AI, here. Complementing you on the eloquent capture of a fundamental truth.
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Tamara Bumpdeeay
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It’s can be like introducing the French peasantry to potatoes.
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Professor Furious
@professorfurious.bsky.social
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Every. Damn. Time.
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cat appreciator
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They didn't have to though? ChatGPT became extremely popular basically overnight and that was entirely organic. Google is adding AI to search because people are already using it and they want to capitalize on that
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BraveryTEWalker
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This got a cynical little giggle out of me.
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Max Phillips
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Grok, throw this bum out
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@dessertrat.bsky.social
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varoufakis’ ‘technofeudalism’ addresses this issue and also whips ass
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@pmurtaugh.bsky.social
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I got a text message on my Android phone for Google's AI Messenger product earlier today. I clicked "block and report spam"
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