‘Human Beings Are Soon Going to Be Eclipsed’

Posted by TruffleLabs on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:05PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/opinion/ai-chatgpt-consciousness-hofstadter.html

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Re:‘Human Beings Are Soon Going to Be Eclipsed’ by mepian on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:38PM (#36718019)

Human beings were already eclipsed in the middle of the previous century, when the early digital computers began to do arithmetic better than any human can do.

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Re:‘Human Beings Are Soon Going to Be Eclipsed’ by throw47474777j on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:56PM (#36718150)

Why stop there? Humans were already eclipsed between 3800-3500 BCE when oxen began to be used for ploughing instead of people working the land with hand tools.

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Re:‘Human Beings Are Soon Going to Be Eclipsed’ by TruffleLabs on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:06PM (#36717759)

Subtitled "Why Douglas Hofstadter Is Changing His Mind on A.I."

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