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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unpopular take which I hope is true: AI is a bubble and will be laughed at in a decade. It does have uses, but people will increasingly see anything it touches as tainted. Involved parents already see the danger and are banning its use by kids. Successful kids will wean themselves from it, and write and do math without, standing out even more from the masses. Our whole family is staying away, not because we are luddite, but because we think it will ruin our happiness and future success.[/quote]

Wow.  I’m all for integrating new technology into your life in a thoughtful way but your post reflects a complete lack of knowledge of what AI even is.

“AI” and machine learning have been in development for decades.  It’s not a “fad.”  It’s not limited to chatGPT doing your kid’s homework. [b] It’s an incredible scientific advance on par with the internet itself.[/b]

And just like the internet is capable of being used for a lot of bad things, it’s also created advances that we previously would not have imagined.[/quote]

LOL.  No.  WTF are you even talking about?[/quote]

Great argument.  Clearly you are very knowledgeable about this topic.[/quote]

I’m not the one who made the outlandish claim.  Why you don’t you back it up with some examples?  Or let’s be real, why don’t you ask ChatGPT to make up some examples of what a scientific achievement it is, and how it’s on par with the internet itself?[/quote]

Here is ChatGPT’s response:

Happy to oblige. AI systems like AlphaFold solved one of biology’s grand challenges by accurately predicting protein structures, a breakthrough reshaping medicine and biotech. Generative models are accelerating materials science, designing novel compounds, and optimizing fusion reactor configurations.

AI’s used in neural radiance fields (NeRFs) for cutting-edge 3D imaging, and in adaptive optics for calibrating the James Webb Space Telescope.

It’s transforming diagnostics by detecting diabetic retinopathy and early-stage cancers faster than specialists.

But sure — let’s pretend it’s just a toy, while the rest of us reshape the world you’re still trying to insult from the sidelines.[/quote]

How is any of this on par with the invention of the internet itself?

You have no clue what you’re talking about.  And I am 100% certain that you have no clue what ChatGPT is talking about, either.

I do, however, believe that you and your ilk are in fact reshaping the world.  You are making it much worse.[/quote]

You’re entitled to your skepticism, but dismissing AI’s advances as insignificant compared to the internet is shortsighted. Every technological revolution feels incremental to those watching it unfold in real time. The internet didn’t announce itself as the internet in 1993 — it was email, Usenet groups, and clunky webpages until it wasn’t.

AI is quietly threading itself through biotech, medicine, climate science, energy, and creative industries. You don’t have to like it, but denying its impact won’t make it less real. And yes — every tool can be misused or overhyped. That doesn’t erase its capacity to be world-changing.

You don’t have to agree. But at least argue the point in good faith.[/quote]

It’s impossible to argue with a half-person/half-bot who simply can’t or won’t understand.[/quote]

Not much point in debating with someone who’s made up their mind and isn’t actually interested in understanding. Carry on.
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