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Good article on why technology has not advanced in decades and probably will never advance again(thebaffler.com)

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gullyfoyleismyname [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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AI is impossible. like one individual cockroach is smarter than the best computers in the entire world. It’s all a scam to rope in money from nerds who think sci fi is real

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Omega_Haxors [they/them]@hexbear.net
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If/then still outperforms their most advanced AI. 90% of AI startups just end up hiring humans in secret.

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Horsepaste [they/them]@hexbear.net
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If/then still outperforms their most advanced AI

At doing what? ai is a type of tool. As it stands right now, it augments what humans can do.

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Omega_Haxors [they/them]@hexbear.net
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That’s all fine and good but often the AI are built to work on their own rather than alongside us, and are impossible to work with as a result.

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Horsepaste [they/them]@hexbear.net
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Like one individual cockroach is smarter than the best computers in the entire world.

What’s your definition of smarter? I’ve never seen a cockroach play chess, generate art, or calculate the likelihood of financial fraud on transactions.

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