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The Cult of AI. How one writer's trip to an annual tech conference left him with a sinking feeling about the future (www.rollingstone.com)
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[–] sacredbirdman@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago (17 children)

It's one of the terrible hype trains again... However, I wonder what makes him think that humans are something clearly more than a model that gathers data through the senses and reacts to external stimuli based on the current model. I think that's special pleading.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Personally, I think that's oversimplification to the level of absurdity, for both AI and humans.

That description can easily be applied to insects and animals as well.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

Humans are animals, so that seems fine to me.

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