Louie Mantia, Jr. on Nostr: Apple advertising used to be about creative empowerment. Their stance was that you ...

Apple advertising used to be about creative empowerment. Their stance was that you could do anything you dreamed of by way of using Apple’s products.

Now, it’s about how you can fool others into thinking you’re doing work or being a thoughtful person. The story now is how you can offload your responsibilities, your social interactions, and your decision-making to a large language model. I don’t like it.

My computer is a tool for me to use, not a stand-in for me when I can’t be bothered.