• tamagotchicowboy [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    Why do techbros vastly overestimate the power and ability of AI? I know their paycheck depends some on hyping but holy shit, this is to the point its so disjointed from reality it has to backfire, this is flying cars in 2000 nonsense.

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      1 month ago

      People like Elizabeth Holmes are a dime a dozen in Silicon Valley. They assume that they can do anything with enough money and aren’t afraid of bullshitting their way to get there. With AI it’s just particularly obvious how deluded they all are.

    • BashfulBob [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      Why do techbros vastly overestimate the power and ability of AI?

      Cause they’re not really tech-literate. They’re just sales guys. Might as well ask why a shady used car salesman keeps insisting his stock of Ford Tauruses can run laps around a Maserati and drive 400 miles on a single gallon of gas.

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        26 days ago

        This is more if the said sketch car salesman believed his bullshit and drove said car around. Like when politicians refuse to drink the lead infused water after saying its safe, yet these fools actually do it.