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My wife and I started talking about this after she had to help an old lady at the DMV figure out how to use her iPhone to scan a QR code. We're in our early 40s.

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[–] mtchristo@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

100% sure, I don't even know how to use discord, that shit is confusing as hell while the fediverse is no biggie

And I am completly ignorant about tech I intentionally chose to ignore like tiktok and snapchat

[–] lustyargonian@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I feel millennials very quickly learned to Google things that they didn't know. As long as access to information is free and easy, I think millennials will adapt but whine about how modern design isn't intuitive enough.

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[–] Icaria@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I already am.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Nah, this is iphone issues. They do everything as inconvenient as possible. AFAIK there still no way to transfer files over bluetooth for iphone.

[–] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Probably not as bad, but it is an inevitability I think. Once you get a certain age, major shifts are just more difficult to adjust to. On a smaller scale for example, I don't understand things like Tiktok, Snapchat, etc. I'm a millennial that will be hitting 37 this month, so my adjustment to social media ended with Instagram basically.

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yes.

Of course, there will be a range in all generations from those who ignore technology altogether and who will inevitably be bad at it, to those who keep on top of every change and continue to be skilled users of that technology.

I don't see why there would be a difference from one generation to the next. The proportions might be different: boomers and GenX who saw this stuff come in later in life and who know there is more to life than technology might be more inclined to spend their time away from that tech than later generations that grew up with this stuff. Or maybe the later generations will want to get away from it and rediscover nature.

I suspect that if and when retirement happens I'll (GenX) be spending a lot of time away from computers.

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[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Gen X here, not for me but I see a lot of my age group struggling with AI. I keep trying to get them to use it and I'm even buying it for the office and it's interesting to see the reactions.

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[–] Mockrenocks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Damn near guaranteed.

Technology doesn't stop but at a point you get stuck in your ways. Sure you could use Windows Settings App, but you know how to navigate the control panel and the settings app is so damn cluttered. I could potentially live to be 90 something but I'm for sure intimidated by what tech would look like in 50 years.

[–] matt@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It depends what we mean by "bad with technology."

A lot of posts here are talking about how the current young generations (Generation Z and Generation Alpha) are bad with technology as they don't understand anything, and this is true, but to most people being "good with technology" means you're good at using it for desired results, not necessarily understanding how things work or how to troubleshoot.

In my opinion: No. Due to the type of technology that the millennials grew up with, they are generally good at adapting to new and changing technologies, so I suspect they'll be quite good at keeping up. Whether this will hold true for Z and Alpha is to be seen.

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 3 points 2 years ago

There’s plenty of millennials that are completely ignorant about the technology they use, so yes, they definitely will be as bad.

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

We’re already bad comprehending AI.

  • edit because I‘m disxlecik
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[–] Dogs_cant_look_up@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Na it'll be the music we don't understand.

And the fashion.

Oh wait and the slang.

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