Re:AI: Accelerated Incompetence
by Etheryte on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @08:05AM
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This is an easy quip to make, but it's also pretty wrong. 3D printing has been a massive breakthrough in many industries and fundamentally changed the status quo. Aerospace is a good example, much of what SpaceX and other younger upstarts in the space are doing would not be feasible without 3D printed parts. Nozzles, combustion chambers, turbopumps etc are all parts that are often printed.
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Re:AI: Accelerated Incompetence
by jasminebelmont on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @08:15AM
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Absolutely. 3D printing's impact, especially in aerospace and medical fields, underscores how targeted application of technology can drive innovation. Similarly, AI's value lies in its strategic deployment, not blanket adoption.
OP's comment and your response could both be true at same time
I actually think the response makes the point. LLMs are useful, and will provide certain innovations, but they aren't a panacea. At the top of its height, proponents talked like 3D printing was going to make parcel delivery obsolete, and that's the same hype you see with language models "threatening" all knowledge workers
Unless you believe that 3D printing is "going to replace all manufacturing" then the OP is not "pretty wrong" and you don't even disagree with them.
FWIW I think OP came up with an excellent analogy.
Re:AI: Accelerated Incompetence
by fuelled6532 on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @10:26AM
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I'd give up my 3D printer long before letting go of my Bridgeport...