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thousand_nights ◴[] No.42139132[source]
not long ago these people would have you believe that a next word predictor trained on reddit posts would somehow lead to artificial general superintelligence
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leosanchez ◴[] No.42139199[source]
If you look around, People still believe that a next word predictor trained on reddit posts would somehow lead to artificial general superintelligence
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1. mrguyorama ◴[] No.42139835[source]
People believed ELIZA was sentient too. I bet you could still get 10% or more people, today, to believe it is.
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2. 77pt77 ◴[] No.42141861[source]
ELIZA was probably more effective than most therapists.

Definitely cheaper.