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by seoulmetro 602 days ago
If you think the revolution starts with 8 billion people you're just plain wrong.

It starts with the first world and is very perceivable.

How did we perceive cars replacing horses? Well for one they were replaced in the first world... now imagine how fast a piece of software can change reality.

It's not there yet, and you can't perceive it because so.
2 comments
literalAardvark 602 days ago
> it's not there yet

It's literally everywhere around me.

Coworkers, friends in other companies, business owner friends writing their first code, NGO friends using it to write grants.

I'm not sure where you are, but you appear to be isolated from the real world.

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seoulmetro 601 days ago
Huh?

Did you not read the context of the comments you're replying to or something?

People using the tool isn't the same as those people being replaced by the tool. Why would anyone think those are the same?

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IggleSniggle 602 days ago
When exactly did you perceive cars replacing the horse? I happen to live in a very equestrian area; I think you'd be hard pressed to convince folks that the horses have even been replaced
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seoulmetro 601 days ago
The same time the rest of the world did, around the period of WW2. You being in an isolated bubble is irrelevant.

What a weird reply.

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