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Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by Workaccount2 on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:46AM (#41658357)
People are threatened. They are not going to celebrate the thing that makes them irrelevant. They are going to talk shit about it and downplay it.
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Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by longtimelistnr on Thursday September 26, 2024 @11:03AM (#41659206)
im not sure if threatened is correct, i think it's more a collective "why?" And there hasn't been a particuarly convincing answer
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Re:Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today by TillE on Thursday September 26, 2024 @11:18AM (#41659375)
Right, tons of gen AI stuff is super impressive. It's really cool that we can do all this stuff. In this thread we're talking about a fun toy.

But the actual practical applications are like, small useful tools. There's no real sign we're heading for a world-changing trillion dollar industry.

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