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Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by CamperBob2 on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:28AM (#50389262)
The ones that our brightest mathematicians are forking the sign of the cross at?
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Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by AnneTrotter on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:24AM (#50391006)
AI in sci Fi is usually shown as closer to AGI, and we don't have that yet because true AGI has actual consciousness. Which - not a neuroscience specialist but - consciousness isn't a straightforward thing to achieve, as it's not a product of raw compute but of a reflective design structure.
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Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by CamperBob2 on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:33PM (#50395488)
AI in sci Fi is usually shown as closer to AGI, and we don't have that yet because the whole field of transformer-based AI is less than 10 years old.
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