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William Seger

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1. What's frightening to me is how many people think AI is superior to actual intelligence.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 02:20 PM

11 hrs ago

The AI we have today only simulates what is only a subset of what actual intelligence is capable of, and occasionally produces pure nonsense, but the reason it's heading toward us like a freight train is because it does that subset cheaper than actual intelligence.

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'Slow this thing down': Sanders warns US has no clue about speed and scale of coming AI revolution [View all] BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP

What's frightening to me is how many people think AI is superior to actual intelligence. William Seger 11 hrs ago #1

I heard an interesting point about AI's self learning from all the data it is absorbing. Marie Marie 8 hrs ago #7

We are all on the train but we're not sure where it is going or if it will jump the tracks. twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #2

Unfortunately, the Trump administration has it's head up it's ass. It won't do anything. Jim__ 10 hrs ago #3

Trump will double down, not slow it down. LudwigPastorius 10 hrs ago #4

Abundant Iniquity is my expansion of AI dickthegrouch 10 hrs ago #5

Garbage in, garbage out, eh? Wise thought by you here, one that I agree w/, anyone in IT knows that. SWBTATTReg 7 hrs ago #8

You mentioned AI not being intelligent enough to discern fact from fiction; area51 2 hrs ago #13

I just read an article in the Atlantic Mosby 10 hrs ago #6

This date is very optimistic. It costs lots of money to replaces the millions and billions of line of code for the AIs SWBTATTReg 6 hrs ago #10

AI equals GIGO creon 7 hrs ago #9

AI is a front for something far more insidious. hunter 4 hrs ago #11

I suspect AI is going to help us far more. cstanleytech 3 hrs ago #12

Ai burns through fresh water 💦, a fundamental element of life questionseverything 1 hr ago #14