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[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

AI hype is smoke and mirrors

Funny story. When I was in my early 20s myself and 2 friends had been on a major shroom trip, full day affair. We were on the last bus to our small town, and the only other person on the bus was a middle aged stoner.
Just as we're starting to get into town the stoner says:
You guys wanna smoke a joint?

Us: Sure, where you getting off?

Stoner: Nah, we'll just smoke it here at the back of the bus!

Us: Aren't you worried about getting kicked off the bus?

Stoner: Nah man, they call it smoke and mirrors because you can't see smoke in mirrors!

Now, I was still fucked on mushrooms, but even I could tell this man had smoked himself within a razor's edge of his last brain cell.