Is technology getting a bit boring? (Interesting new tech thread)

One of the issues is there are fewer players developing the tech and more money people drip feeding improvements. I doubt you'll see a huge jump now unless a brand new player enters with a view to disrupt the market. If you're a small start-up and and a behemoth offers you ten million for your idea you sell out. If you don't they try to tie you up in patent infringement law suits or undercut you until you go bust.

As already mentioned a lot of the gadgets these days do the basic requirements so well you don't feel the need to spend the money on "better". This could become a big issue for the manufacturers, either planned obsolescence or rising prices and longer product cycle times will ensue.
 
I still find technology interesting, looking ahead to what might happen, but I am no longer keen on adopting it.

The problem is that when new tech comes out, it serves to dehumanize us. You no longer need to ask someone for directions as you have an app on your phone. In fact you can get many answers on your phone and avoid human interaction altogether.

New technologies coming up like immersive VR, drone deliveries, AI assistants etc will just isolate people even further.

Also I don't get excited by "breakthroughs" as much as when I was younger. I have some New Scientist magazines from 15+ years ago and if you read it today, a lot of it still sounds like science fiction.
 
Chojin said:
I still find technology interesting, looking ahead to what might happen, but I am no longer keen on adopting it.

The problem is that when new tech comes out, it serves to dehumanize us. You no longer need to ask someone for directions as you have an app on your phone. In fact you can get many answers on your phone and avoid human interaction altogether.

New technologies coming up like immersive VR, drone deliveries, AI assistants etc will just isolate people even further.

Also I don't get excited by "breakthroughs" as much as when I was younger. I have some New Scientist magazines from 15+ years ago and if you read it today, a lot of it still sounds like science fiction.
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Ah new scientist, a great source of info for the stock market back then!!!!
 
Yeah I'd agree with this.
Maybe not 'tech' as such but related - think about PC gaming, look at how things changed in say the 5 years from 2000 to 2005 & all the novelties & innovation- from isometric games to the 3D world of GTA3, mmorpg's, Battlefield 2 online 64player maps, not to mention graphics improvements.

Compare to 2018-2023- I genuinely couldn't tell you what innovation occurred.
 
Used to be obsessed with any new tech, building my own kit, early tech adopter etc now I couldn't give a monkeys. 9-5 and even that is too much, I often find myself contemplating doing something different (admittedly for lower money)
 
I spent this evening setting up my watch to show my blood glucose levels, a couple of years back I'd not have believed it could be possible.

Tech is still moving , it's only that a few sectors have matured to a level that they appear stagnant
 
Tech gets boring when have the money to buy it. Unlike being younger, everything "wowed" you, hoping one day you can have it for Christmas or birthday.
 
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I'm definitely less interested in tech these days, I don't know if its more boring or maybe I just got older and other things are more interesting now. Its not just tech though, I've fallen out of love with football no matter how much I try and reconnect.

Tbh if I had the choice of buying a new gpu or another vizsla, id pick the vizsla 100%.
 
gingergundog said:
I'm definitely less interested in tech these days, I don't know if its more boring or maybe I just got older and other things are more interesting now. Its not just tech though, I've fallen out of love with football no matter how much I try and reconnect.

Tbh if I had the choice of buying a new gpu or another vizsla, id pick the vizsla 100%.
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You need an upgrade to a Ridgeback ;)
 
I'm going to stroke against the grain of the cat's fur and disagree with some of the posters I'm afraid.

AI has been topical this year and I'm loving the Stable Diffusion stuff. I couldn't figure out Midjourney (no previous background with Discord), but I do have inroads on Python and command line Linux / GIT and thus enjoy experimenting with AI art on Automatic1111. You get error messages all of the time, but that's part of the fun. Looking into the errors, why the errors are happening, gaining more insight as you rectify them. Also, the world of AI art is changing rapidly. Fast forward 8 months to mid-2024 and it will be a different kettle of fish simply due to progression.

For VR, it's early days for me, but I'm liking what I'm seeing on the Meta Quest 2. This is another area in tech that is going to advance rapidly I feel.

I still love general computing stuff, desktops, laptops, tablets, phones etc, even if advances are slow in these areas now like others have said. When I order my next phone, I still eagerly await courier notifications, "it's on its way", "it's due for delivery", "it's 6 stops away" etc.

The main area in tech that I never embraced though is the so-called social media, a term that I hate, because let's face it, social media is the internet! I find Facebook confusing because it doesn't have the same structure as a forum and it can't be audited easily (finding your old posts). Reddit is better in that respect because it's divided into sub-reddits and it's pretty close to it being a forum. Never used Twitter/X as it's just politics on there and I probably won't ever use TikTok, as being 45 now, I'll be 3 or 4 times the age of the average TikTok user :p
 
I’ve certainly become rather disinterested in it all.
I feel there’s a lot more tech out there created just for the sake of it.

Sometimes it’s the technology and its creators, but sometimes it’s just me getting old and grumpy.
 
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