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Re:Cargo Cult AI by burnished on Thursday May 18, 2023 @02:58PM (#35992509)
Are you intentionally echoing that scene from starship troopers where the pundit makes the same claim about 'smart bugs'?
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Re:Cargo Cult AI by hospitalhusband on Thursday May 18, 2023 @03:35PM (#35992960)
I don't base my ideas on what constitutes humanity, intelligence, or sentience on hundred million dollar fiction.
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Re:Cargo Cult AI by burnished on Thursday May 18, 2023 @06:16PM (#35994926)
Alright then you should also consider not basing it off of whether you find the concept insulting. It doesn't seem to be the strongest rebuttal available.
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Re:Cargo Cult AI by hospitalhusband on Friday May 19, 2023 @02:03PM (#36004996)
That it's insulting has nothing to do with my reasoning. You have it backwards.
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