I don't know if the Woodstock comparison at the beginning was trying to do this, but Woodstock while being a celebration and a symbol of the times in 1969 has also symbolized a shift of the beginning of the end. Adam Curtis's documentary HyperNormalization marked Woodstock and its corresponding generation's actions as the symbol of the last attempt at large social organization to revolutionize every day life, and that no one has tried to fight back in any serious way since.
A lack of awareness about this point of view did not move me to have faith in the next generation of AI, instead basically the opposite. The sign that so many people are making so much money and investors are jumping in head first just marks another corporate capture of every day life with a gilding of "this will make life better" while actual persistent issues don't change and for many things become worse.
I welcome opposing views to temper my grimness. Probably better that way.
A lack of awareness about this point of view did not move me to have faith in the next generation of AI, instead basically the opposite. The sign that so many people are making so much money and investors are jumping in head first just marks another corporate capture of every day life with a gilding of "this will make life better" while actual persistent issues don't change and for many things become worse.
I welcome opposing views to temper my grimness. Probably better that way.