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Re:We gave an AI a 3 year retail lease and asked it to make ... by tsunagatta on Thursday April 16, 2026 @05:05PM (#47799497)
I've never thought it was a reference to that at all, I thought it was a reference to a I-have-no-mouth-but-I-must-scream-scenario.
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Re:We gave an AI a 3 year retail lease and asked it to make ... by jmcgough on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:48PM (#47801974)
A lot of things it could be a direct reference to, but the obvious one is Palantir, which is named after the seeing stones used to spy on people by evil antagonists in Lord of the Rings.
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