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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Shower thought: too many of these predictions are coming true at the same time!

  • Looking at the AI news, how long before something happens that we collectively say "you will not create a machine that thinks like a human"?
  • Watching the events with Iran and oil through the strait of Hormuz is probably the clearest reminder ever that whoever is able to destroy something is able to control it.
  • Trying to explain to someone how practically to use an AI code assistant, I might provisionally describe it as "like talking to a child who knows everything. Their reasoning is basic but their brain contains all knowledge of history".

Should the next Claude be called Alia?

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[–] shittydwarf@piefed.ca 4 points 1 hour ago

She was awakened as a fetus with all of the collective knowledge of the Reverend mothers before her, a bit different than the mentats