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Tim S

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3. AI equals ASSUMED Intelligence

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #2)

Tue May 26, 2026, 01:06 PM

10 hrs ago

Unlike humans, it cannot deal with new situations — just regurgitate the past or do permutations of trial-and-error to find a solution faster than a human. Life is all about dealing with the unknown or unforeseeable and AI is worthless for that.

Blindly listening to an authoritative voice and assuming that it’s right sounds an awful lot like organized religion to me. Is AI the new god?

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Goldman Sachs estimates that over the past year payroll reduction due to [View all] OGBuzz 11 hrs ago OP

I believe the peasants will revolt pfitz59 10 hrs ago #1

I have to agree. Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, et al probably have better protection than even the President, and their OGBuzz 10 hrs ago #4

AI is an excuse for now IMO Johnny2X2X 10 hrs ago #2

AI equals ASSUMED Intelligence Tim S 10 hrs ago #3

Pretty normal stuff for any new technology Johnny2X2X 10 hrs ago #5

I always wonder if AI is going to replace most of us. Who is going to have money to buy anything? state of stupid 7 hrs ago #12

There ALWAYS has to be a human to ultimately tell the AI when it is wrong. Tim S 7 hrs ago #14

Agree, raising the bottom line by reducing labor costs. Marie Marie 7 hrs ago #11

AI doesn't work WSHazel 9 hrs ago #6

I agree w/ perhaps some rare exceptions. AND, I don't really think that they have a true AI entity yet out there. SWBTATTReg 9 hrs ago #7

AI does solve problems Duppers 8 hrs ago #10

You might want to rephase this ... instead of payroll deduction due to AI, say the number of jobs lost to AI is SWBTATTReg 9 hrs ago #8

I was directly quoting Goldman Sachs, but point taken. OGBuzz 7 hrs ago #13

You mean the company that got bailed out by the government a few years back? OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #9