[PhunkyPhil]

Right, but this electron box led to one of the largest (if not the largest) media revolution that has transformed the course of humanity in a frightening way we're still trying to grapple with.

Still saying "LLMs are autocorrect" isn't wrong, but nobody is saying "phones are just electrons and silicon" to diminish their power and influence anymore.

[wg0]

Electron box was reliable. It only depicted exactly the scan lines airwaves or signals ordered it to.

[PhunkyPhil]

The people controlling what went on the screens were unreliable and nondeterministic. The algorithm on facebook/instagram is nondeterministic and I hope I don't have to convince you of the impact these algorithms have.

As far as I'm concerned, the nondeterminism argument is fruitless