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Marie Marie

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6. Thank you Bernie, for taking on this subject. AI is being pushed down our throats and

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 04:26 PM

20 hrs ago

it is now where near ready to do all that it is being hyped to do. We know it, the tech bros know it but will never admit it and dry up the spigot of funding keeping them afloat.

OTOH, that pic of Bernie sitting across from and conversing with the computer will go down in my memory with the pic of him in his mitten and scarf at the inauguration. Adorable.

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Bernie vs. Claude [View all] Quixote1818 Yesterday OP

Don't like a thing about this. Tells him what he wants to hear. An Infamous MAGA get same answers to same questions? IA8IT Yesterday #1

Bernie, like most everyone here, understands the implications and societal costs of AI. Gaugamela Yesterday #3

The Waterboy was released in 1998 IA8IT 23 hrs ago #4

How would 2 people.... RussBLib 23 hrs ago #5

Large Language Models are really non-deterministic (semi-random) number generators HesNotHere 18 hrs ago #8

bernie is asking the right questions rampartd Yesterday #2

Thank you Bernie, for taking on this subject. AI is being pushed down our throats and Marie Marie 20 hrs ago #6

I got more specific answers for some reason, and I think it's interesting. scipan 19 hrs ago #7

LLMs are non-deterministic HesNotHere 18 hrs ago #9

I agree that it doesn't "know" anything, but it does alot more than just predicting the next token. scipan 18 hrs ago #10

No, it doesn't. HesNotHere 16 hrs ago #11

Number generator? Even parallel processors work in binary numbers, don't they? scipan 15 hrs ago #12

I disagree about its intent. scipan 14 hrs ago #13

Training is not programming. HesNotHere 14 hrs ago #14

It's a form of programming. Training is probably a better word. scipan 12 hrs ago #17

Training is not programming HesNotHere 11 hrs ago #20

BTW, if people can come to a real understanding of what is happening under the hood... HesNotHere 14 hrs ago #15

I know, it's scary nt scipan 11 hrs ago #18

Last thing....if you use your cellphone to ask ChatGPT what the solution is Fermi's Paradox... HesNotHere 14 hrs ago #16

Also no warp drive or Crucible scipan 11 hrs ago #19

I play with it and work with it too HesNotHere 11 hrs ago #21

Hell, give it an arm, and a goat, and maybe a few more updates. scipan 11 hrs ago #23

Side note, warp drive misses the point of the sad joke of the universe HesNotHere 11 hrs ago #22

Yeah it's not looking good. nt scipan 11 hrs ago #24