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[–] 120 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It also demonstrates how much AI companies mislead the public on what their products can do. If a guy is selling lawnmowers that actually just generate grass clippings without mowing the lawn, you’re not an idiot for thinking it was going to mow grass.

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  • [–] [S] 22 points 1 year ago*

    furthermore. companies mislead journalists, investors, philosphers, influencers etc. most of which dont have a technical background but a lot of reach. They then carry their misunderstanding into the general public.

    All these public "academic" panel debates on conferences about AGI being the next nuclear weapon and singularity. They lead to Highbrow publications, opinion peaces, books and blog articles, which then lead to tweets, memes and pop cultural references

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Huh.... wait... what if we make a box... generate electricity bills... Call it a crypto miner?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    But once someone explains it to you and you insist the grass was mowed, they show you the unmowed grass, and you still insist it's great for mowing lawns.

    And also you're in the desert where you shouldn't even have a fucking lawn, and you plant more lawns because they're so easy to mow now

    What do you call that? Because it's a bit past 'idiot'.

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