There is just no conceivable way a large language model ever becomes intelligent. None.<\/p>
The whole idea that building bigger and bigger data centers and feeding more and more data into the models will lead to some kind of intelligence is, at best, based on a religious faith totally divorced from reality.<\/p>
Or it's a scam. Those are never easy to tell apart.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11642409","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-04:objectType=thread:nonce=25eb936805e61f9f","notice_info":{"local_id":"11642414","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"11642409"}},"published":"2025-12-04T07:25:56+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"amszmidt repeated a notice by mhalila","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/amszmidt\/statuses\/115660105056336863\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/users\/mhalila","displayName":"Michael Halila \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-original-tmp20221224144013.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-96-20221224144014.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-48-20221224144014.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-24-20221224144014.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"79931"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-96-20221224144014.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Historioitsija, uskontotieteilij\u00e4, aikuisopettaja, videopelihommissa. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 Historian, teacher, video game dude.Securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddeeCis (he\/his). Wargaming stuff in English at @mhalilaIrksome replies will be blocked.","url":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/@mhalila","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mhalila","displayName":"Michael Halila \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","note":"Historioitsija, uskontotieteilij\u00e4, aikuisopettaja, videopelihommissa. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 Historian, teacher, video game dude.Securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddeeCis (he\/his). Wargaming stuff in English at @mhalilaIrksome replies will be blocked."}},"content":"
The worst thing about this is that when the trillion-dollar \"AI\" bubble finally pops, it's taking the global economy down with it.<\/p>
I'm sure the next massive recession will be fun for everyone.<\/p>
This is just, in so many ways, such a deeply stupid timeline.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-16:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/users\/mhalila\/statuses\/115658553560524032","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/users\/mhalila\/statuses\/115658553560524032","objectType":"note","content":"
The worst thing about this is that when the trillion-dollar \"AI\" bubble finally pops, it's taking the global economy down with it.<\/p>
I'm sure the next massive recession will be fun for everyone.<\/p>
This is just, in so many ways, such a deeply stupid timeline.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/@mhalila\/115658553560524032","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/users\/mhalila\/statuses\/115658529900405549","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11642409"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-04:objectType=thread:nonce=25eb936805e61f9f","notice_info":{"local_id":"11642413","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-12-04T07:25:48+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/@mhalila\/115658553560524032"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/amszmidt","displayName":"Alfred M. Szmidt","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/130031-original-tmp20230521113316.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/130031-96-20230602002144.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/130031-48-20230602002144.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/130031-24-20230602002144.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"130031"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/130031-96-20230602002144.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"software freedom or bust \/ lisp machine revolutionary \/ sauerpunk gnu hacker \/ wizard of zymurgy \/ professional curmudgeon#LispM #LispMachine #GNU","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@amszmidt","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"amszmidt","displayName":"Alfred M. Szmidt","note":"software freedom or bust \/ lisp machine revolutionary \/ sauerpunk gnu hacker \/ wizard of zymurgy \/ professional curmudgeon#LispM #LispMachine #GNU"}},"content":"RT @amszmidt There is just no conceivable way a large language model ever becomes intelligent. None.The whole idea that building bigger and bigger data centers and feeding more and more data into the models will lead to some kind of intelligence is, at best, based on a religious faith totally divorced from reality.Or it's a scam. Those are never easy to tell apart.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-16:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/amszmidt\/statuses\/115660104046613900\/activity","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/users\/mhalila\/statuses\/115658509101867789","objectType":"note","content":"
Now that people are talking about \"artificial general intelligence\" (AGI) again, I just wish we had literally any journalists in major media outlets who understand what a computer is.<\/p>
A computer is just a calculator. The idea that you can get \"artificial intelligence\" by running a big enough random nonsense generator is, literally speaking, saying that if you just plug enough calculators together, at some point the calculators become intelligent.<\/p>
It's complete fucking nonsense.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/@mhalila\/115658509101867789","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-04:objectType=thread:nonce=25eb936805e61f9f","notice_info":{"local_id":"11642410","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"11642408"}},"published":"2025-12-04T07:25:36+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"amszmidt repeated a notice by mhalila","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/amszmidt\/statuses\/115660104046613900\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/users\/mhalila","displayName":"Michael Halila \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-original-tmp20221224144013.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-96-20221224144014.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-48-20221224144014.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-24-20221224144014.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"79931"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-96-20221224144014.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Historioitsija, uskontotieteilij\u00e4, aikuisopettaja, videopelihommissa. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 Historian, teacher, video game dude.Securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddeeCis (he\/his). Wargaming stuff in English at @mhalilaIrksome replies will be blocked.","url":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/@mhalila","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mhalila","displayName":"Michael Halila \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","note":"Historioitsija, uskontotieteilij\u00e4, aikuisopettaja, videopelihommissa. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 Historian, teacher, video game dude.Securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddeeCis (he\/his). Wargaming stuff in English at @mhalilaIrksome replies will be blocked."}},"content":"
There is just no conceivable way a large language model ever becomes intelligent. None.<\/p>
The whole idea that building bigger and bigger data centers and feeding more and more data into the models will lead to some kind of intelligence is, at best, based on a religious faith totally divorced from reality.<\/p>
Or it's a scam. Those are never easy to tell apart.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-16:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/users\/mhalila\/statuses\/115658529900405549","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/users\/mhalila\/statuses\/115658529900405549","objectType":"note","content":"
There is just no conceivable way a large language model ever becomes intelligent. None.<\/p>
The whole idea that building bigger and bigger data centers and feeding more and more data into the models will lead to some kind of intelligence is, at best, based on a religious faith totally divorced from reality.<\/p>
Or it's a scam. Those are never easy to tell apart.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11642409","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/users\/mhalila\/statuses\/115658509101867789","url":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/@mhalila\/115658509101867789"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-04:objectType=thread:nonce=25eb936805e61f9f","notice_info":{"local_id":"11642409","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-12-04T07:25:34+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11642409"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/users\/mhalila","displayName":"Michael Halila \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-original-tmp20221224144013.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-96-20221224144014.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-48-20221224144014.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-24-20221224144014.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"79931"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/79931-96-20221224144014.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Historioitsija, uskontotieteilij\u00e4, aikuisopettaja, videopelihommissa. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 Historian, teacher, video game dude.Securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddeeCis (he\/his). Wargaming stuff in English at @mhalilaIrksome replies will be blocked.","url":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/@mhalila","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mhalila","displayName":"Michael Halila \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","note":"Historioitsija, uskontotieteilij\u00e4, aikuisopettaja, videopelihommissa. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 Historian, teacher, video game dude.Securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddeeCis (he\/his). Wargaming stuff in English at @mhalilaIrksome replies will be blocked."}},"content":"
Now that people are talking about \"artificial general intelligence\" (AGI) again, I just wish we had literally any journalists in major media outlets who understand what a computer is.<\/p>
A computer is just a calculator. The idea that you can get \"artificial intelligence\" by running a big enough random nonsense generator is, literally speaking, saying that if you just plug enough calculators together, at some point the calculators become intelligent.<\/p>
It's complete fucking nonsense.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-16:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/users\/mhalila\/statuses\/115658509101867789","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/users\/mhalila\/statuses\/115658509101867789","objectType":"note","content":"
Now that people are talking about \"artificial general intelligence\" (AGI) again, I just wish we had literally any journalists in major media outlets who understand what a computer is.<\/p>
A computer is just a calculator. The idea that you can get \"artificial intelligence\" by running a big enough random nonsense generator is, literally speaking, saying that if you just plug enough calculators together, at some point the calculators become intelligent.<\/p>
It's complete fucking nonsense.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/@mhalila\/115658509101867789","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-04:objectType=thread:nonce=25eb936805e61f9f","notice_info":{"local_id":"11642408","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-12-04T07:25:26+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodontti.fi\/@mhalila\/115658509101867789"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5921822","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}