The idea isn’t to be hyper specialized to a specific task. It’s to be hyper generalized to fit into spots already being filled by human workers. The goal is for the machine to be placed in the role of a paid human worker without the need to specialize anything else in the environment, a drop-in automation solution.

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My issue is that I have no reason to think AI will be used to improve my life. All I see is a tool that will rip, rend and tear through the tenuous social fabric we’re trying to collectively hold on to.

Five years ago I could get a foot long spicy italian combo with chips and a drink for less than $10.

Clone Teddy Roosevelt.

When the world has gone to shit sometimes you gotta focus on the only shred of fun or respite you can get. I too am looking forward to the distraction of football, if only for a few hours every week.

Modern dating apps are my personal hell.

Or, god help us, Joe Buck!

Ah, yes, truly the sign that they’ve integrated into society.

They’re all too busy thinking “what if they could” and nobody stops to ask “what if they should”.

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Again you’re completely right. I’m just saying that when it comes down to it, 99% of folks are not going to host their own system. And in my personal, specific case, I judged the rewards to heavily outweigh the risks, which ended up being correct. YMMV.

Out of my life, I used the video evidence to land her ass in jail and filed for divorce. She managed to claw her way out of the gutter after using crack and becoming a prostitute.