@thomasfuchs Except that the internet was a groundbreaking technology that enabled substantial advances in all kinds of human endeavours, while AI seems to me to just be plagiarism+autocorrect on steroids.
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Coach Pāṇini ® (paninid@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 02:44:19 JST Coach Pāṇini ® @thomasfuchs what a WEIRD image.
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pmonks (330ppm) (pmonks@sfba.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 02:53:40 JST pmonks (330ppm) @thomasfuchs The difference being that moving the internet from academic toy to commercial tool had actual utility outside of tech itself. AI over the same period has both been numerous completely unrelated things (e.g. the early Lisp/AI craze), and (IMO) has vastly less opportunity to be a useful tool to actual humans doing non-tech human things.
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Brad (bk1e@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 03:06:04 JST Brad @thomasfuchs He is living comfort eagle
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