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Old 03-01-2023, 11:08 AM   #67
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
I tend to not worry too much about the sky falling because of short term paradigm glitches. Automation was supposed to put all laborers out of work by now, too. This too shall pass, and good human authors' works will get published for money.

Status quo interrupted by short periods of upheaval was, is, and ever shall be. *shrug*
That's mostly true.

The term "Luddite" often is used to describe someone who is opposed or resistant to new technologies. In reality they wanted a slice of the greater profits (x100 or more) generated by the mechanised and automated Mill owners. The workers in the Mills had very poor pay and working conditions.

An issue is the dishonesty of the people seeking VC investment and the dishonest claims of AI. It's getting worse.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/..._agi/?td=rt-3a

Open AI now making claims about AGI that are wrong on two levels.

Note: Anyone can search and read that anything I've posted on this subject is simply reporting. I'm not writing wikipedia articles or journal papers so I'm under no obligation to give sources. Nor am I prepared to post my CV here. Personal attacks on the messenger are uncalled for.

Nor do I agree with Charlie Stross:
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...your-bets.html

Saw it 4 days ago here:
https://historians.social/@cstross@w...25845889562171
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