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LLMs are like cars in one aspect (lemmy.today)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Cars turned us—one of the best species in long distance running into couch potatoes.

Now llms are attacking our brains and making us stupid and insane. A species of slopheads if you will.

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[–] -3 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

Maybe you should post this showerthought in the "fuck cars" community where more people might agree with your hot take.

Otherwise most of us know that cars are what you make of them. You can choose to walk a few miles a few times a week to run errands, even if you have the option to drive. This is how I live my life. I guess I live in what some people would call a "15 minute city" where everything we need is within walkable distance. So we're all healthy fit & get fresh air & exercise every day simply by living here. I also have this automobile to drive me over 100 miles in 2 hours which is what I'm doing tonight which would be impossible for me to walk or run or bike that distance in 2 hours.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    I wouldn't exactly call this a hot take showerthought if you look at how many studies there already are that show the effects of car dependency in most of north america.

    I am german, my work place is 700m away from where i live, the next supermarket is 450 meters away and i don't live in a big city where those numbers could go down to under 100m.

    So, i know that my "hot take" is not true for most parts of the world. But my statement was specifically about american cities and towns. There is also the very big problem of segregation of incomes. If you can't afford a car, you can't afford to live in certain neighborhoods because you simply can't walk 15 minutes to the next supermarket or to your work.

    And i cannot NOT call this crippling and robbing of freedom.

    I am 100% with you on the fact that cars also enable freedom. And as i much as i rely on public transport, i also enjoy the freedom of simply hopping into my car and drive exactly where i want and when i want.

    But depending on where you live, a car is a necessity instead of a "freedom-enabler" and that... is crippling....

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    That is great that you live in a walkable area. They were saying that cars have destroyed areas by making them non walkable. And that's not necessarily the residents fault, and a lot of the people that live there probably want it do be different but aren't able to move.

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