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Kevin Roose is gonna write "A Latecomer's Guide To AI" and the bubble will burst hard two months later (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I got stuck on the same sentence. What the hell was that?

I'm going to assume he thinks "person" and "thing" are synonyms.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

I was thinking stuff like servant, mom, slave, wife something like that. But would have expected agent instead of thing, as that seems to be the term people go for and put hopes on, even Schneider is on the agent train (but we should make it ethical!)