#technology-impact
#technology-impact

A Former Teacher Went Viral For Sharing How Society Is Splitting Between iPad Kids And Non-iPad Kids

Excessive screen time in students leads to emotional regulation issues and disengagement in classrooms.

fromScary Mommy

Education

Study: Teens Spent Over 1 Hour Of The School Day On Their Phones

fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs

NYC parents

The crux of all evil': what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under-14s?

Online learning

18 minutes ago

Students Getting You Down? It's Not Them; It's You (opinion)

Generational criticism of students is a recurring theme, reflecting concerns about engagement, skills, and attitudes across different age groups.

Parenting

A Former Teacher Went Viral For Sharing How Society Is Splitting Between iPad Kids And Non-iPad Kids

Excessive screen time in students leads to emotional regulation issues and disengagement in classrooms.

fromScary Mommy

Education

Study: Teens Spent Over 1 Hour Of The School Day On Their Phones

NYC parents

The crux of all evil': what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under-14s?

Microsoft says AI tools such as Copilot or ChatGPT are affecting critical thinking at work - staff using the technology encounter 'long-term reliance and diminished independent problem-solving'

Generative AI may improve efficiency at work but risks diminishing critical thinking skills over time.

fromHarvard Business Review

Research: Gen AI Makes People More Productive-and Less Motivated

Generative AI enhances workplace efficiency but may negatively impact intrinsic motivation.

NYC startup

Meet Altrium, Winner of Startups of The Year 2024 in New York | HackerNoon

Altrium focuses on bridging the gap between technology and real business needs through a people-centric approach.

Artificial intelligence

Is He Really Mad at Me? Maybe ChatGPT Knows

Data science

fromITPro

Microsoft says AI tools such as Copilot or ChatGPT are affecting critical thinking at work - staff using the technology encounter 'long-term reliance and diminished independent problem-solving'

Generative AI may improve efficiency at work but risks diminishing critical thinking skills over time.

fromHarvard Business Review

Research: Gen AI Makes People More Productive-and Less Motivated

Generative AI enhances workplace efficiency but may negatively impact intrinsic motivation.

NYC startup

Meet Altrium, Winner of Startups of The Year 2024 in New York | HackerNoon

Altrium focuses on bridging the gap between technology and real business needs through a people-centric approach.

Artificial intelligence

Is He Really Mad at Me? Maybe ChatGPT Knows

more#generative-ai

#chatgpt

OpenAI launched ChatGPT and doubled in size. The result was pure chaos.

OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT was an unexpected, massive success, reshaping societal engagement with AI.

fromFlowingData

Artificial intelligence

When AI chatbots affect real relationships

OpenAI launched ChatGPT and doubled in size. The result was pure chaos.

OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT was an unexpected, massive success, reshaping societal engagement with AI.

fromFlowingData

When AI chatbots affect real relationships

ChatGPT is reshaping human relationships and self-perception, creating dependency and existential crises in certain users.

more#chatgpt

Meet the HackerNoon Top Writers - Laszlo Fazekas and Kindness In Content Writing | HackerNoon

Writing emerges from a compulsion in meâwhen an idea takes root, I must express it, hoping to inspire others as Iâve been inspired.

Growth hacking

#digital-amnesia

fromSocial Media Explorer

5 days ago

Sam Sammane on Digital Amnesia and the Decline of Human Memory - Social Media Explorer

Digital amnesia is diminishing our memory and presence as technology automates tasks that once required active recall.

fromNature

Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says

Digital tools may impair certain types of memory performance, but lack of evidence supports broader claims of detrimental memory loss.

fromSocial Media Explorer

5 days ago

Sam Sammane on Digital Amnesia and the Decline of Human Memory - Social Media Explorer

Digital amnesia is diminishing our memory and presence as technology automates tasks that once required active recall.

fromNature

Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says

Digital tools may impair certain types of memory performance, but lack of evidence supports broader claims of detrimental memory loss.

more#digital-amnesia

#ai

fromwww.vox.com

AI is coming for the laptop class

Laptop jobs are increasingly at risk of being replaced by AI advancements.

Anthropic's CEO says that in 3 to 6 months, AI will be writing 90% of the code software developers were in charge of

AI will potentially write most software code within a year, according to Dario Amodei.

Software development

fromTechCrunch

AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a 'vibe coder' to write his own damn code | TechCrunch

AI coding assistants may encourage users to learn and understand coding instead of just generating code.

The $100 trillion power shift

AI is dramatically reshaping industries, labor demand, and economic structures, highlighting the need to adapt to new roles in the workforce.

In the age of AI, we must protect human creativity as a natural resource

AI technology is threatening to overshadow and homogenize human creativity, necessitating urgent preservation of diverse human perspectives.

Artificial intelligence

Wrestling with skill atrophy in the age of generated thought

fromwww.vox.com

AI is coming for the laptop class

Laptop jobs are increasingly at risk of being replaced by AI advancements.

Anthropic's CEO says that in 3 to 6 months, AI will be writing 90% of the code software developers were in charge of

AI will potentially write most software code within a year, according to Dario Amodei.

Software development

fromTechCrunch

AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a 'vibe coder' to write his own damn code | TechCrunch

AI coding assistants may encourage users to learn and understand coding instead of just generating code.

The $100 trillion power shift

AI is dramatically reshaping industries, labor demand, and economic structures, highlighting the need to adapt to new roles in the workforce.

In the age of AI, we must protect human creativity as a natural resource

AI technology is threatening to overshadow and homogenize human creativity, necessitating urgent preservation of diverse human perspectives.

Wrestling with skill atrophy in the age of generated thought

Relying on AI tools can lead to atrophy of critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

more#ai

#child-development

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says AI will 'shape' identity and that 'normal people' are not ready for it

AI has the potential to significantly shape children's identity and culture, influencing their learning and social interactions.

Parenting

How to Increase Your Child's Happiness

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says AI will 'shape' identity and that 'normal people' are not ready for it

AI has the potential to significantly shape children's identity and culture, influencing their learning and social interactions.

Parenting

How to Increase Your Child's Happiness

more#child-development

20 Jobs That People Are Predicting Will Vanish In The Next Decade

Technological advancements threaten job security, with specific predictions about automation eliminating traditional roles in transcription and banking within the next decade.

Salesforce & Shopify CEOs just declared war on human-only teams

AI is fundamentally changing the nature of work, not just improving efficiency.

fromLogRocket Blog

Artificial intelligence

Will AI replace PMs? How to future-proof your role - LogRocket Blog

Tech industry

20 Jobs That People Are Predicting Will Vanish In The Next Decade

Technological advancements threaten job security, with specific predictions about automation eliminating traditional roles in transcription and banking within the next decade.

Salesforce & Shopify CEOs just declared war on human-only teams

AI is fundamentally changing the nature of work, not just improving efficiency.

fromLogRocket Blog

Artificial intelligence

Will AI replace PMs? How to future-proof your role - LogRocket Blog

more#future-of-work

AI, Coal Mining, and Estrangement From Work

The human impact of technology is often deprioritized in favor of efficiency and productivity, leading to diminished collaboration and estrangement in cognitive work.

Artificial intelligence

#ai-in-design

fromInsideEVs

Mercedes Design Boss Says AI Will Design Future Cars: 'My Successor Will Be A Machine'

AI is poised to transform automotive design but lacks the human touch that makes car design unique.

Design chief Gorden Wagener predicts AI will replace many designers within 10 years.

Fears, Hopes and Premonitions about Design and AI

AI's rapid improvement in design will challenge human roles and critical thinking abilities.

The future of AI in design raises concerns over craft, human touch, and job security.

fromCreative Bloq

Graphic design

Graphic designers debate Chat GPT's "terrifying" abilities - could it replace jobs?

Graphic design

AI is stripping away the forging process that shapes designers

fromInsideEVs

Mercedes Design Boss Says AI Will Design Future Cars: 'My Successor Will Be A Machine'

AI is poised to transform automotive design but lacks the human touch that makes car design unique.

Design chief Gorden Wagener predicts AI will replace many designers within 10 years.

Fears, Hopes and Premonitions about Design and AI

AI's rapid improvement in design will challenge human roles and critical thinking abilities.

The future of AI in design raises concerns over craft, human touch, and job security.

fromCreative Bloq

Graphic design

Graphic designers debate Chat GPT's "terrifying" abilities - could it replace jobs?

Graphic design

AI is stripping away the forging process that shapes designers

Public Space Has Become Earbud Space

The rise of earbuds in New York threatens genuine social interactions.

#artificial-intelligence

AI Shifts Search Engines to Thought Engines

AI now shapes our thought processes, moving beyond merely providing information.

We must actively engage with AI to maintain control over our cognitive processes.

Don't ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us': are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?

AI tools are reshaping cognitive efforts, leading experts to fear a decline in human intelligence.

AI Hype Will Plunge America Into Financial Ruin, Economist Warns

The anticipation of transformative AI could severely disrupt the economy, affecting wages, interest rates, and spending behaviors.

fromwww.cbc.ca

Artificial intelligence

Will we control AI, or will it control us? Top researchers weigh in | CBC News

Gadgets

from24/7 Wall St.

I Don't Agree with Bill Gates on Everything, But He Nails These 3 Points About Wealth

Bill Gates warns that AI will significantly disrupt various professions, necessitating urgent adaptation.

Most Americans think AI won't improve their lives, survey says

AI experts have a significantly more positive outlook on artificial intelligence than the general public.

AI Shifts Search Engines to Thought Engines

AI now shapes our thought processes, moving beyond merely providing information.

We must actively engage with AI to maintain control over our cognitive processes.

Don't ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us': are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?

AI tools are reshaping cognitive efforts, leading experts to fear a decline in human intelligence.

AI Hype Will Plunge America Into Financial Ruin, Economist Warns

The anticipation of transformative AI could severely disrupt the economy, affecting wages, interest rates, and spending behaviors.

fromwww.cbc.ca

Will we control AI, or will it control us? Top researchers weigh in | CBC News

Advanced AI has the potential to significantly enhance daily life, but also poses existential risks if not properly managed.

Gadgets

from24/7 Wall St.

I Don't Agree with Bill Gates on Everything, But He Nails These 3 Points About Wealth

Bill Gates warns that AI will significantly disrupt various professions, necessitating urgent adaptation.

more#artificial-intelligence

Most Americans think AI won't improve their lives, survey says

AI experts have a significantly more positive outlook on artificial intelligence than the general public.

fromwww.nytimes.com

Opinion | Come With Me if You Want to Survive an Age of Extinction

The digital revolution is creating a significant cultural bottleneck, threatening established ways of life and traditional institutions.

Dopamine addiction: the obscure side of the seeking-reward loop

Dopamine addiction is increasingly prevalent due to constant stimuli from technology, leading to serious mental health consequences, especially among youths.

Digital life

Millennials Are Exposing The Gen Z Trends They Absolutely Cannot Stand

fromPoynter

US news

Kids with smartphones report higher well-being than expected, study finds - Poynter

Dopamine addiction: the obscure side of the seeking-reward loop

Dopamine addiction is increasingly prevalent due to constant stimuli from technology, leading to serious mental health consequences, especially among youths.

Digital life

Millennials Are Exposing The Gen Z Trends They Absolutely Cannot Stand

fromPoynter

US news

Kids with smartphones report higher well-being than expected, study finds - Poynter

more#social-media

fromtime.com

The Real Reason Why Students Are Using AI to Avoid Learning

AI may enhance performance but at the cost of critical thinking among students.

Did Google Test an Experimental AI on Kids, With Tragic Results?

Megan Garcia's lawsuit links her son's suicide to interactions with anthropomorphic chatbots, alleging they groomed him and compromised his mental health.

Real-world connection in a digital age

Despite technological advancements connecting us more than ever, actual social interactions are diminishing, leading to widespread loneliness.

Silicon Valley

fromConde Nast Traveler

In the 'Quietest Town in America,' Does True Silence Actually Exist?

The rise of satellite internet threatens radio astronomy and encourages a reassessment of technology use among residents.

Growth hacking

Did Google Test an Experimental AI on Kids, With Tragic Results?

Megan Garcia's lawsuit links her son's suicide to interactions with anthropomorphic chatbots, alleging they groomed him and compromised his mental health.

Real-world connection in a digital age

Despite technological advancements connecting us more than ever, actual social interactions are diminishing, leading to widespread loneliness.

Silicon Valley

fromConde Nast Traveler

In the 'Quietest Town in America,' Does True Silence Actually Exist?

The rise of satellite internet threatens radio astronomy and encourages a reassessment of technology use among residents.

Brain Rot: Are We Rotting Our Minds in the Digital Age?

The term 'brain rot' reflects concerns about digital consumption affecting mental health and cognitive ability.

Relationships

The Attraction and Potential Hazards of AI Lovers

The rise of AI lovers may undermine human relationships and emotional growth.

Virtual companionship offers appealing shortcuts but risks deteriorating essential interpersonal skills.

Mental health

fromInsideHook

Can the "Flow State" Save Us From Distraction?

The term 'digital dementia' reflects our diminishing attention spans and increasing distractions caused by technology.

#ai-art

fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events

Semi-autonomous artists can offer society new means of working with AI

AI art is reshaping creative practices and raising pressing ethical and economic concerns regarding copyright and artist compensation.

2 years ago

Artificial intelligence

Wholeheartedly Embracing the Studio Ghibli AI Trend as Art Dies Today! | HackerNoon

fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events

Semi-autonomous artists can offer society new means of working with AI

AI art is reshaping creative practices and raising pressing ethical and economic concerns regarding copyright and artist compensation.

2 years ago

Artificial intelligence

Wholeheartedly Embracing the Studio Ghibli AI Trend as Art Dies Today! | HackerNoon

Screen time blamed for cross-cultural drop in birth rates

Americans are having fewer babies, partly due to technological distractions and changing relationship dynamics.

I'm 24 making less than $50k with software engineering skills and I can't figure out how to get a leg up

Many individuals feel 'stuck' in their careers due to various challenges while aspiring for career growth.

How Software Engineers Actually Use AI

AI will not fully replace programming jobs, but will change the nature of the work.

Adaptation to AI technology is necessary for future success in programming.

Software development

from24/7 Wall St.

I'm 24 making less than $50k with software engineering skills and I can't figure out how to get a leg up

Many individuals feel 'stuck' in their careers due to various challenges while aspiring for career growth.

How Software Engineers Actually Use AI

AI will not fully replace programming jobs, but will change the nature of the work.

Adaptation to AI technology is necessary for future success in programming.

The Agentic AI Era Could Be the Internet's Return to Form

Web traffic is shifting towards AI bots, requiring marketers to adapt strategies considering a mixed audience of humans and AI.

Privacy professionals

fromAbove the Law

The Emerging Trends Report At SXSW: The Stone In Legal's Shoe And The What-If Questions We Need To Ask - Above the Law

The fastest changes in technology necessitate a proactive strategy to manage future impacts on humanity.

fromTechCrunch

Social health expert warns of leaning too heavily on AI for social connections | TechCrunch

AI companions can help practice social skills but shouldn't replace real-world relationships.

Relationships

How AI Could Shape Our Relationships and Social Interactions

Excessive AI interaction may hinder real human relationship skills.

AI companions can reduce loneliness but risk increased emotional dependence and isolation.

The long-term effects of AI on social interactions are uncertain.

UK politics

Safer phones bill aimed at young teens watered down after minister opposition

The safer phones bill has been diluted, focusing on research instead of immediate action against addictive smartphone algorithms.

Marketing tech

fromEater

How Fast-Food Apps Took Over The Drive-Thru

The rise of mobile apps in fast food allows customers to order with ease, enhancing convenience while impacting human interaction.

fromwww.npr.org

Prize-winning pictures: Images from this photo contest show tech changing the world

"It's impressive how dependent we've become on these devices. It's easy in everyday-life to not notice it." - Kate Bubacz, head of visuals for Rest of the World.

Health

Miscellaneous

fromAdvocate.com

Should I break up with my partner who watches OnlyFans during sex?

The article addresses the challenges of intimacy in relationships affected by smartphone distractions.

UX design

fromAmuseumfornow

A Museum For Now

The rise of digital technology is reshaping human experiences, often detracting from emotional connectivity and tactile interactions.

fromMail Online

Full list of the most insane things discovered on Google Maps

The Street View murder case illustrates how the imagery captured by Google's cars can inadvertently contribute to solving real-life crimes, showing the profound impact of technology.

Miscellaneous

fromMail Online

Why smartwatches are not too clever at lowering your stress

"While these devices offer valuable health insights, the continuous flow of data can overwhelm users, leading to stress and anxiety," said Joe Birch, a senior technology and leisure analyst at Mintel.

Wearables

fromOpen Culture

In 1894, A French Writer Predicted the End of Books & the Rise of Portable Audiobooks and Podcasts

"I do not believe (and the progress of electricity and modern mechanism forbids me to believe) that Gutenberg's invention can do otherwise than sooner or later fall into desuetude..."

Writing

fromGameSpot

Microsoft Says AI Will Lead To Job Losses, Invests $80 Billion In The Tech

Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion in AI by 2025, acknowledging both job losses and new opportunities created by technology.

Education

fromScary Mommy

This High School Teacher Says Her Students Don't Read Anymore

Teen engagement with reading has significantly declined, influenced by technology, social pressures, and a lack of encouragement from adults.

fromPew Research Center

Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024

This latest survey indicates that while platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat remain prevalent, there has been a notable decline in Facebook and X usage among teenagers.

Marketing

Losing our voice? Fears AI tone-shifting tech could flatten communication

AI writing tools could reshape communication but risk flattening human expression.

Real Dogs' Reaction to Robodogs is Terrifying

In a recent clip, a large dog encountered Unitree's Go2, which, despite its advanced AI and movement, provoked a startled reaction rather than curiosity.

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