This isn’t a post on AI (thank God). It also isn’t really a post about tech. Well, it sorta is, but tangential to tech in the sense that I’ve come to a resting conclusion that what we typically call “tech” isn’t really tech at all. It’s also a rant, so I won’t be offended if you skip this altogether. I. I’ll start with a real-life example. I bought a Subaru Outback a few years ago. I didn’t really want the “tech” that the dealer was selling me — you know, basically the oversized iPad screen in the center console. I was more interested in performance upgrades because our family knew we were imminently moving to Colorado, but the added performance and super-computer capabilities were apparently two peas in a pod that couldn’t be separated. The last new car I ever owned was a 2001 Toyota Corolla and this is what the center console looked like: This felt like a rocket ship having come from a 1989 Corolla: The two aren’t wildly different, but the controls had certainly evolved in the 22…
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