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just rereading this and basically Amy and I completely explained this AI shit the first time in 2023
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/06/03/crypto-collapse-get-in-loser-were-pivoting-to-ai/
everything since is because nobody fucking listened
so much for sweet reason and debate
@davidgerard has anyone put an llm in a smart contract yet?
@davidgerard June 2023 feels like 250 years ago.
@davidgerard The past three years have been the longest two decades of my life.
@davidgerard crypto needed mostly speculation to invent a purpose. AI already has mundane ones: translation, free accessibility, helping non coders to explore ideas, research, education, automation.
If used right its a solid hammer. But humans like to use it as a casino. Like houses, food, water, sneakers, yeah literally everything. The interesting question isn’t whether the hammer is evil. It’s who profits from these fairy tales. Blaming the object is a waste of time.
@ButchCoolidge this assumes a technology without a social context is possible, and decontextualising "AI" from its circumstances and reasons to exist is a standard and odious form of slop apologetics
@davidgerard It's depressing how well this aged, especially since it was all so easy to predict. Que the pivot to "quantum computing" in 3... 2...
@tiredgothgirl we barely knew anything before we researched that and it wasn't hard to get it all correct!
the failing is not knowledge
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