Originally posted by bxf Now he tells me...
Bill, I thought better now than never
I didn't intend to be sarcastic about Artificial Intelligence, but there is a whole generation right now that is completely removed from a certain reality of cause and effect. So much code is written to automate everything that if it is perceived as technology, the blame or credit for failure or success is on the product and not the user.
In the same way the teenagers I teach think B&W film printed in a darkroom is so cool because you actually are engaged in nearly every step of the process, for many going manual on their DSLRs is a revelation and it really helps them to understand some of the semi-automatic modes. To my generation, of course, this is backwards, or at least we're more conscious if we want to go old school manual, new school auto, or compromise with well designed hybrids like quick shift.