I see most boomers in their 60's and 70's now adept at using smartphones.
Young kids today are weened on iPads in place of proper parenting with sports or hobbies or after school activities.
Broadband mobile is now an expectation and a no longer a "need" or "want", but sort of a "right".
Even the poorest African or South Asian countries have access to mobile broadband.
Income is the only dividing factor to the poorest having access to unlimited mobile. But even then, the data cost index is lower in developing countries that the poor can have some access to it. Wi-fi is free and more accessible in some places in poor countries compared to rich countries to make up for the digital divide.
Compare this situation to when the bubble popped in 2000's. There were no smartphones, let alone cellphones. Dial-up is the norm.
There are still tech today that can die on the vine like VR as they are too geeky.
But as far as the subscription model of LLM's, people have gotten used to paying for Netflix or Disney Plus. So there might not be much of a resistance or unfamiliarity with this business model.
Do you think the global population is more primed to accept AI now (or more properly, LLM) if a Jony Ive "Her" (the movie) type of device comes out from OpenAI? How about AI porn? Porn usage and OF subscription is undeniably mainstream.
Or am I just conflating the mass adoption of smartphones as a proxy to people now accepting any new tech?
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