jwzFeb 20, 2023

The best description I've ever heard of AI is the following. I heard this in the 80s, and it has held up since:

AI is magic.

1: You see a magic trick. You are amazed by the magic.

2: You are shown how the trick works. You are impressed by the technique.

3: You learn how to perform the trick. Now it's not magic, it's sleight-of-hand, or mirrors, or misdirection.

This is why "AI" is always bullshit: once you understand it, it's not AI any more, it's something else.

Show threadMark Dennehy
@jwz I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you tell me you work in AI, I'm just going to have this permanent mental image of you standing there wearing arm-length heavy rubber gloves and holding a turkey baster well inside the personal space of some cattle, because someone else got to the acronym before you did and you should have looked it up for a moment before picking a cool-sounding name for what you do...
Mar 3, 2023 at 4:21pmWeb
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Show threadEvelynMar 3, 2023

@jwz @markdennehy I’d buy that NFT.

*for, like, five bucks or something- I’m not nuts

Show threadMark DennehyMar 4, 2023
@gorfram @jwz I'm not sure anyone can sell you the newfoundland timezone, and I know nobody will sell you the national film theatre for a fiver...
Show threadEvelynMar 4, 2023
@markdennehy @jwz Note to self: Always check upthread before posting.