It is absolutely gobsmacking that so many supposedly smart people are so conned by "AI"
If nothing else tells you that we're living through a collapse not an ascent, let that convince you: all of our experts and authorities are fools, marks, grifters, or a very American combination of all three.
Replying to @johnzajac@dice.camp
@johnzajac @aburka RIP Isaac Asimov you would have hated this stuff
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"