We’re already bad comprehending AI.
- edit because I‘m disxlecik
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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Damn near guaranteed.
Technology doesn't stop but at a point you get stuck in your ways. Sure you could use Windows Settings App, but you know how to navigate the control panel and the settings app is so damn cluttered. I could potentially live to be 90 something but I'm for sure intimidated by what tech would look like in 50 years.
I think it's gonna get worse. Change is a part of every generation but it feels like the rate at which things change is increasing significantly.
but it feels like the rate at which things change is increasing significantly.
Maybe, but it's not like the previous generation didn't have massive technological change in their lives.
My parents grew up on small farms. Their "school van" was horse drawn.
It was the rare wealthy neighbor who had moved from horse power to having a steam tractor when they were teenagers.
When they were in their 30s they watched men fly to the moon on TV sets that weren't invented yet when they were born.
They both had smartphones in the last years before alzhimers started to steal them from us.
Probably not as bad, but it is an inevitability I think. Once you get a certain age, major shifts are just more difficult to adjust to. On a smaller scale for example, I don't understand things like Tiktok, Snapchat, etc. I'm a millennial that will be hitting 37 this month, so my adjustment to social media ended with Instagram basically.
Yes.
Of course, there will be a range in all generations from those who ignore technology altogether and who will inevitably be bad at it, to those who keep on top of every change and continue to be skilled users of that technology.
I don't see why there would be a difference from one generation to the next. The proportions might be different: boomers and GenX who saw this stuff come in later in life and who know there is more to life than technology might be more inclined to spend their time away from that tech than later generations that grew up with this stuff. Or maybe the later generations will want to get away from it and rediscover nature.
I suspect that if and when retirement happens I'll (GenX) be spending a lot of time away from computers.
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It depends what we mean by "bad with technology."
A lot of posts here are talking about how the current young generations (Generation Z and Generation Alpha) are bad with technology as they don't understand anything, and this is true, but to most people being "good with technology" means you're good at using it for desired results, not necessarily understanding how things work or how to troubleshoot.
In my opinion: No. Due to the type of technology that the millennials grew up with, they are generally good at adapting to new and changing technologies, so I suspect they'll be quite good at keeping up. Whether this will hold true for Z and Alpha is to be seen.
iPhone to scan a QR code.
Knowing that this feat was not existent 5years ago ( < iOS11) and is not implemented the same on , is it a fail ?
Nah don't think so. I think it's less of a generational thing and more like when a particular technology came about. Like boomers are in my experience generally okay with older more 'analog' tech. Millennials I think are decent all around. Gen z don't know how to use anything outside an app and it's baffles me.
Guess we'll just wait and see.
Some probably will be, but others might be geniuses.
It's actually the same today there are older people who are tech geniuses (ever heard of the GNU foundation) and there are also others who might not even know how to use a pay terminal.
It all has to do with their exposure to the technology, what they use it for, and how much they use it. The thing is though just because of technology is around while somebody is growing up in that generation doesn't mean that they have experience with it, a person could have grown up during the technological boom of the late 90s and not know anything about computers because they never had one.
So some people who grew up in the 70s, 80s, and 90s are going to be very good with computers because they will have had a lot of experience with them and the problem solving needed to operate systems back then. Though other people who may have grown up in the same time probably don't have those skills because they never had experience with computers due to the circumstances they grew up.
So it's not necessarily a yes or no question it's really based on whether or not they have experience and interest to learn. Though also it will depend on how many of them are willing to change with the times. Though with the direction that technology is going towards more mobile simplified interfaces it might not necessarily be not understanding it might be more not wanting to adopt that style. Which I can totally get behind in my opinion.