• Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    13 天前

    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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      13 天前

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

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        Cram a bunch of space heaters into a box. Convince investors that all the electricity it burns up means it’s basically printing money. The building will inevitably burn down before anyone can investigate our claims.