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by McBainiel 598 days ago
I wonder if AI being really useful when it comes to programming caused some to miscalculate its usefulness in general.
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I wonder if watching too much science fiction caused some to miscalculate its usefulness in general.

Expecting real intelligence to "emerge" from a binary logic playback device (aka a computer as we know) is just a variation on the Infinite Monkey Theorem in my opinion. In other words, the odds are not quite zero --- but they are very near it.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-confirm-monkeys-do-n...

I think a lot of people overestimate their usefulness there, too, tbh, possibly because they’re new and shiny. In actual use the AI things feel more like having a massively over-confident intern; trouble is, interns learn (that’s kind of the whole point). The magic robot does not. One could question how useful having an eternally overconfident yet incompetent intern is.