> Its not a false premise, there has been many anthropological studies that form the basis for catastrophism, extinction and a changing earth, they have been backed up with evidence for hundreds of years.
Did these past catastrophes involve AI and computers?
Can you explain how this has any relevance at all to going to someone else’s house and killing them because you wrongly think your cellphone is somewhere nearby?
As far as I can see the person who I was replying to is simply making this up.
Apple always has two choices. Adapt or die. They always respond in the same way. They adapt to provide integrated end user benefits from emerging technologies, and expose those technologies to developers on their platforms.
If we're trading catchphrases, here's one I prefer:
"In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." - Eric Hoffer.
That said, I'd prefer it if someone addressed the point, which is that the analysis of what's possible dates from an earlier technological era.
If the contention is that technology doesn't change what's possible in society and that society will always be the way it is was for most of the 20th century, I think we can safely ignore that.
Did these past catastrophes involve AI and computers?