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China's new and cheaper magic beans shock America's unprepared magic bean salesmen
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It seems you're firmly entrenched and going out of your way to see a contradiction. I'll let you be.
Consider that there's no widespread double-think happening and it could just be in your own head at this point.
https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote/113901910776808096
Snake oil yesterday, magic beans today.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67977967
Going to hit 40% of jobs in 5 years the next
Is it magic beans and snake oil, eg. a scam or is it a legit threat, you can't have both
I didn't think your point was as shallow as "different people can have different opinions"
I fail to see how this invalidates that someone can hold both the position that current AI is a waste of electricity and pumping out garbage while pointing out the potential social and economic disruption of future iterations of the technology.
If your point was simply that some people hold one position, others hold the other, and others still hold both. Then.... thanks? I think we can also call this a waste of electricity.
hey i’m running on solar and battery so no waste of electricity here ;)
but yeah that was it, i just noticed how here and on mastodon i read ‘ai is a scam’ and then turn my head and read ‘ai will take all our jobs’, makes for a nice whiplash effect
also it’s 4am here i’m going to sleep, appreciate the chat