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The rollout of AI technology is ushering in a new era of class warfare. Beyond the spectrum of rich and poor, a new divide is emerging: a thinking class vs a scrolling class. Critical thinking skills could soon become a luxury reserved for the rich and powerful and these new technologies are accelerating this new reality. #politics #news #tech #ai
But to demand that a work be “relatable” expresses a different expectation: that the work itself be somehow accommodating to, or reflective of, the experience of the reader or viewer. The reader or viewer remains passive in the face of the book or movie or play: she expects the work to be done for her.
Five years ago, Times writers resorted to "relatable" on only sixteen occasions in a twelve-month period. By last year, the newspaper’s reliance on "relatable" had surged: the word appeared in a hundred and sixteen articles in 2013.