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toasters breaking the land speed record

2025-07-31 18:40:40.958543+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Ian Boudreau ‪@ianboudreau.com‬

Whenever these LLM guys say they think AGI/artificial superintelligence is in the works it's like hearing someone say that their next toaster is going to break the land speed record

From this thread that's linking to The Religion of AI Promises Its Followers…What, Exactly?, which observes that "Every AI booster on this website [LinkedIn] is working themselves out of their own livelihood. Think about it.", and does some musings on that particular nihilism.

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