Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 19 hours ago
This podcast explores the impact of rapid technological advancements, particularly in computing and information access, on human society and individual well-being.
It draws parallels between current concerns about social media's effect on mental health and AI's potential to foster laziness, and historical anxieties surrounding the advent of the printing press.
We contrast modern information accessibility with past methods of research and knowledge acquisition, examining how human brains might be evolving to process increasing data flows.
Finally, it questions the long-term societal implications of pervasive AI and technological convergence, posing whether these changes lead to enlightenment or skill atrophy.
AI was used to assist in the creation of this video.
Source files and an Index to all the YouTube videos are accessible from here
gsfsoftware.co.uk/PBTutorials/Projects.htm
I don't work for, nor am I paid by, or sponsored by, the owners of PowerBASIC or any other company mentioned in this podcast, I'm just a fan of their products.
For more information on PowerBASIC visit
pbusers.org
OR
pump.richheimer.de/index.php
Music by ghosthack.de
This podcast explores the impact of rapid technological advancements, particularly in computing and information access, on human society and individual well-being.
It draws parallels between current concerns about social media's effect on mental health and AI's potential to foster laziness, and historical anxieties surrounding the advent of the printing press.
We contrast modern information accessibility with past methods of research and knowledge acquisition, examining how human brains might be evolving to process increasing data flows.
Finally, it questions the long-term societal implications of pervasive AI and technological convergence, posing whether these changes lead to enlightenment or skill atrophy.
AI was used to assist in the creation of this video.
Source files and an Index to all the YouTube videos are accessible from here
gsfsoftware.co.uk/PBTutorials/Projects.htm
I don't work for, nor am I paid by, or sponsored by, the owners of PowerBASIC or any other company mentioned in this podcast, I'm just a fan of their products.
For more information on PowerBASIC visit
pbusers.org
OR
pump.richheimer.de/index.php
Music by ghosthack.de
