Great discussion about AI. I learned a lot from Walter's scenarios and descriptions of problems with AI that I had not considered, especially the ways in which we are going to be propagandized to accept its mediocrity. Critical thinking seems to be getting harder to find; we are all being dumb-downed. This will not end well.
Moon of Alabama had a great post yesterday that takes the AI mythology down a peg: moonofalabama.org/2023/…
I still think that we oughta "nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sur