I worry about the traditional computing term 'augmented human intellect'. If I wear a watch, I'm an augmented human: I can track time more accurately than I could without technology!
What's a better goal for tech regarding how it can help us achieve things?
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I've been really enjoying paru as a pacman substitute on Arch Linux: https://github.com/Morganamilo/paru
It allows you to update both normal and AUR packages in one go, which is super convenient. It also shows you PKGBUILD files, so there's still a human audit step for AUR.
Here's a weird UI pattern I haven't seen before. This sanitizer will keep things clean for 24 hours, so the time counts *down*.
Every time I see it, it looks like 24 hour clock showing the wrong time!
I find it really interesting how some areas of tech are widely expected to improve radically (e.g. LLMs and smart home tech), others gradually (CPU speed, battery capacity) and others very slowly (e.g. compiler optimisations).
Predicting the future is hard.