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CaringRationalist t1_j6vpzqk wrote

Reply to comment by Geog28 in The steam engine changed the world. Artificial intelligence could destroy it. - The Boston Globe by GlobeOpinion

We already have it. AI is replacing some art functions, is better at finding new oil reserves than PHDs, can nearly handle shipping, and will likely be able to replace most of the accounting and finance industries by the end of the decade

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Geog28 t1_j6x3s7n wrote

We might have some AI capable of some really cool stuff. But none of it is actual intellectual thought let alone some that surpasses our own. It's all just really good pattern recognition but not something that is able to actually solve problems.

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