That was certainly true in the 90s. Mainstream journalism on computers back then was absolutely awful. I’d say that only changed in the mid-2000 or 2010s. Even today, tech literacy in journalism is pretty low outside of specialist outlets like, say, Ars.
Today I see the same thing with new tech like AI.
Zeth0s@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Kind of true. Check the law proposals on encryption around the world…
Technology is difficult, most people don’t understand it, result is awful laws. AI is more difficult, because even creators don’t fully understand it (see emergent behaviors, i.e. capabilities that no one expected).
joel_feila@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I read an article the other day about managers complaining about zoomers not even knowing how type on a keyboard.