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There's Just One Problem: AI Isn't Intelligent, and That's a Systemic Risk

There's Just One Problem: AI Isn't Intelligent, and That's a Systemic Risk

Mimicry of intelligence isn't intelligence, and so while AI mimicry is a powerful tool, it isn't intelligent.

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Aug 08, 2024
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The mythology of Technology has a special altar for AI, artificial intelligence, which is reverently worshiped as the source of astonishing cost reductions (as human labor is replaced by AI) and the limitless expansion of consumption and profits. AI is the blissful perfection of technology's natural advance to ever greater powers.

The consensus holds tha…

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