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Re:An untidy history of AI across four books by jstanley on Friday September 19, 2025 @02:36PM (#45304910)
The four books discussed in that passage are:

AI Snake Oil – by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor

Nexus – by Yuval Noah Harari

Genesis – by Henry Kissinger, Craig Mundie, and Eric Schmidt

The Singularity Is Nearer – by Ray Kurzweil

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Re:An untidy history of AI across four books by DebtDeflation on Friday September 19, 2025 @03:26PM (#45305416)
In 20 years, Kurzweil will write another book entitled, "The Singularity is Almost Here".
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Re:An untidy history of AI across four books by FungalRaincloud on Friday September 19, 2025 @03:47PM (#45305694)
He's 77 years old. Let the man retire, damn.
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Re:An untidy history of AI across four books by kelseyfrog on Friday September 19, 2025 @04:02PM (#45305878)
Pills in; books out. That's the deal.
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Re:An untidy history of AI across four books by tim333 on Saturday September 20, 2025 @11:19AM (#45314082)
He should have merged with AI by then.
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Re:An untidy history of AI across four books by ks2048 on Friday September 19, 2025 @02:49PM (#45305070)
Henry Kissinger, noted AI expert.
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Re:An untidy history of AI across four books by homarp on Friday September 19, 2025 @03:01PM (#45305164)
well craig mundie and eric schmidt not much better
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Re:An untidy history of AI across four books by KerrAvon on Friday September 19, 2025 @03:07PM (#45305225)
it's not complimentary about them, FWIW
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Re:An untidy history of AI across four books by Igrom on Friday September 19, 2025 @05:07PM (#45306607)
As criticized in the featured article, yes.
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Re:An untidy history of AI across four books by imperfect_light on Friday September 19, 2025 @11:32PM (#45310071)
He did so well with Theranos
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