• Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    I am not pro car, I am very much pro AI though

    At one point, calculators were worse than humans at the same job. All it took was time and money and now I think everyone can agree we’re better off not having to wait 20+ minutes to get a quadratic equation solved.

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      5 months ago

      How is solving a quadratic equation, whose analytical solution is known, equal to driving?

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        5 months ago

        Of course they’re not using AI to solve quadratics, it’s part of the calculator analogy. It’s a whole lot quicker to solve a quadratic formula in a calculator than by hand.

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        5 months ago

        No, I use a calculator. My point was that technologies that suck now get better as they age.

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          5 months ago

          It mostly sucks ungodly amounts of electricity for a mediocre result. And I don’t think the energy consumed for things like driving a two ton vehicle around, when people can take a bus or a train, is worth it.