I’m a tech guy, I work with it all day everyday, I love it and what we can do with it. But I also absolutely hate what’s being done with it. I love the tech behind generative AI, LLMs, automation, computers in general, Linux, etc. But man, when I see the shit being pulled by tech companies and governments, it makes my blood boil, and I’m genuinely terrified for the future.We could do so much better…

So probably a strong -6

Tech as in FOSS Hardware/Software, +6. Everything else, -10.

Technology after everything phones home -10

Technology before that +8

+9 by the same logic. But I’m biased because I’m an electrical engineer 😆

Absolute proof of the horseshoe model, I am at ±10, I both love and hate technology with avid passion.

+10.i like technology itself, although a lot of time it’s executed /implemented poorly.

Given that there’s technology baseline for even responding to your question, I think your results are going to be skewed.

+2, I love what can be done with technology but hate what can be done with technology

Technophilic +8 but some technology progression is utter shit :) Like ever larger phone screens, social media, some uses of LLM, non-open source software, most uses of public cloud infrastructure, subscription-based software services instead of owning things.

I’m probably like a +7.

I’ve got raspberry pis, 3D printers, a flipper zero, and various other bits of tech, but I haven’t gone full Cyberpunk.

I work with it.

I dislike all new stuff because Most of it is garbage. After a few years I adopt the surviving stuff that I can see provides me with value, not just a monthly subscription.

+5 during work hours, -5 outside of them.

Between +2 and +4 depending on the day.

I enjoy tech, and tinkering, and like the other user here very much enjoy FOSS stuff.

Anything non-self-hosted IoT, or non-local AI* models, or anything else privacy invading gets a big ol -10.

Being in IT though I do regularly keep a hammer nearby to remind my devices not to step out of line.

* Also AI being used to “replace” real human work is bogus. I only use self-hosted AI and only as a toy and anything that comes out of it is not my work nor does it get shared anywhere. Pay and hire real people for serious things.

I am a pendulum, swinging between both 10’s at a rapid frequency tha sometimes produces a sound loud enough to drown out my fits of rage at the stupid piece of shit technology that I just bought because it was cool

I’m starting to think that technology-wise Ted Kaczynski had the right idea.