I got more.
Speaking of AI - it does have some cool uses. It makes it easier to mess with audio tracks and alter voices for creative projects for fun. However, I do IT work, and whenever non-technical people in the company I work at keep proposing the implementation of AI to replace our current systems, I shoot it down every single time, and I will continue to do so. Imagine having a system where humans don't understand exactly how it works, so how are you supposed to fix it when it inevitably gets something wrong? Just say "Ah sorry, the AI just didn't understand your accent I guess, nothing we can do to fix that, try sounding less British or something." Plus I hate trend chasing, so this rush to get into AI feels like just that. I want a system in place that I can properly troubleshoot and fix if there's a problem. That's how I look at things - what happens when something goes wrong? If the answer is "I don't know" or "just go to the vendor/manufacturer" then I don't want it.
Boomer gamer rant - So much regarding the world of video games is boring now, or things I don't enjoy or want. I realize it's very "boomer" to say, but I like my game systems where you either simply put the game in, turn it on and that's it, or you fire the system up, put the game in, and you just get going from there. The last gen we really had that was the Gamecube/PS2/OG Xbox. I really did like the 360/PS3 era for the games we got, but that's where a lot of the additional bullshit that simply gets in the way of enjoying your games really started. Unless of course you count the installation process and copy protection circumvention we did for PC games in the good ol' days. I can forgive the installation process though because there wasn't another way. Also this push for "live service" games, which is really just a fancy way to say "online only" means I don't want it. I can't get mad at online only games that are free, or are subscription based because you're not personally investing anything in, and/or you know exactly when the service ends (when you stop paying). Not the case with games like 'The Crew' for example. I do have a couple Nintendo Switches, but one is hard-modded, and the other is soft-modded - if I'm going to invest in a system that runs off an online digital store, or physical carts that can actually be banned from the system (each game has a unique identifier), then I want a way to ensure everything isn't lost when servers go down, or I happen to buy a used game down the road where somebody might have dumped it using the Mig-Switch tool and caused that cart to be banned. Modded up Switches get around all these problems for me. Anyway, hate bullshit that does nothing but get in your way of enjoying games, and all this online only crap. Gamer rant over.
There are basically no ads in my whole fuckin life, reason being I have ad blockers on everything, including my router. Anytime I have to load up a browser with no ad blockers on for whatever reason, the experience is borderline unusable, and I personally don't understand how normal non-techie people can navigate these pages without getting actual adware/malware installed on their systems. My guess is they don't, given all the work I had to do back in my tech support days. While I understand annoying ads have always been a thing, companies seem to be pushing harder now more than ever to push ads into every aspect of your life - even down to Roku filing a patent to inject ads into your own device plugged into their TV through the HDMI connection. Now that might not go anywhere, but still, the fact that this is even being talked about is gross. Companies telling you that you have to pay them more now otherwise they're going to put ads into your viewing experience, you get it. Ads are worse now than ever, and I will never buy your shit you put in them.
There was a time you could buy a top of the line video card for $699 - that card being the Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti. Now the top of the line video card is $1699-$2000 - that's retarded. Just because technology progresses to the point where you can get more out of it doesn't have to mean charge that much more for it. I have a personal rule to never spend more than $700 on a video card, and my games still look/run good, and I can edit videos easily.
I'm sure I'll think of more "30-year-old-boomer" tech rants later, but here.
