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Quite rare to see a chart that says quite so overtly that no one involved has the slightest clue what’s happening here

@zefiris.bsky.social

"AI could well accelerate discovery and innovation in unpredictable ways that would meaningfully contribute to higher living standards." Yes, the machine that can only regurgitate existing patterns poorly will totally discover new things. Sure.

Robin

@solarise.dev

"AI discovers new thing" 6 months later: "Upon revisiting the new thing, we realised it was an old thing no-one had been bothered enough to look for" I genuinely believe we're approaching a point where people realise AI isn't a driver of innovation, it's simply a motivator for the lazy

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Robin

@solarise.dev

26 Feb

(for three months until they become even lazier from using it too much)

Robin

@solarise.dev

26 Feb

It'll be the funniest thing ever if the AI "productivity boost" turns out to be nothing more than that a lot of humans got quite excited and had the digital equivalent of the zoomies for a couple of years.