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Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by cowlevel on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:03AM (#50388738)
AI attempts at the time were based on modelling and logic, not machine learning. Whereas soft SF authors were just like "there are people made of computer chips".
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Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by JuniperMesos on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:11AM (#50388785)
Mid-20th-century hard sci-fi authors were not sufficiently Bitter-Lesson-pilled. Which is unsurprising, that essay was written in 2019.
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Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by vlovich123 on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:28AM (#50388889)
Asimov’s AI was based around the positronic brain which simulated organic neurons if I recall correctly.
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Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by cowlevel on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:21AM (#50389220)
"positronic" is just a scifier version of "electronic"
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