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Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by jasonjei on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:44AM (#50388999)
Fun fact: most sci-fi writers really dislike LLM for various reasons, whether it is the generative works they produce, or training on their works and allegations of copyright infringement. Many sci-fi writers have espoused a very negative attitude towards LLM and actively refuse to use Claude or GPT even for coding projects. John Scalzi comes to mind…
Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by raincole on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:45AM (#50389005)
Many <s>sci-fi</s> writers really dislike LLM.
Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by TMWNN on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:47AM (#50389014)
Charlie Stross dismissing AI as "just spicy autocomplete on steroids" three months ago <https://np.reddit.com/r/accelerate/comments/1vbtdga/what_is_...>, for example
Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by Razengan on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:47AM (#50389015)
Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by joquarky on Friday November 06, 2026 @04:08PM (#50398566)
As my parents liked to say at the dinner table when I was a picky eater, "You don't like it? Great, then that's more for us".