Post #2821026
2026-04-16 14:28 UTC
Also, on a side note, the question of “can we make intelligent systems?" may be a distraction; we're now facing a world in which we have to live alongside increasing numbers of near-intelligent or pseudo-intelligent or just very-good-at-making-you-think-they're-intelligent systems, and that will have “interesting” consequences. I touched on that in an essay at https://theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2023/09/08/familiar-daemons/, but I don't think we’ve yet grasped how much these fake intelligences are about to change our world.
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@n_dimension@infosec.exchange 2026-04-16 15:14
@angusm@mastodon.social When I was a PM I discovered that near enough is good enough. The Perfect is the enemy of good enough. We don't need to build god. A chatty toaster will do for 95% of applications #agi
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@allpoints@mstdn.social 2026-04-16 16:15
@angusm@mastodon.social you touched on a point which concerns me and I think is lost in all the hype and related backlash. There is something interesting going on there and it's worth studying. However, I have concerns the tech bros will trash the reputations of the related fields by forcing their slop into everything. At which point interest or money for legitimate research will dwindle.