Comment by 🛸 bluesman
@argenkiwi Yeah. You really need to understand what it's doing and test. It is getting better though. I worked with a guy who said no one would be talking about AI in a year (this was 2022).
2025-07-16 · 10 months ago
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🗿 argenkiwi · 2025-07-16 at 03:14:
Well, maybe soon we won't be talking about it because it will be like water to the fish. I think it's clear by now how useful it can be despite its limitations. Concerns about the environments and the effect on people's brains will be with us for a while.
🛸 bluesman [OP] · 2025-07-16 at 14:14:
Along these lines, I remember a philosophy class in college. This was a long time ago. The professor said a computer will never be able to write poetry. I remember thinking, "just wait".
Of course, there are those saying that's still true.
🗿 argenkiwi · 2025-07-16 at 22:55:
True that! And it is not so much that we underestimate what computers can do but more that we overestimates ourseleves.
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