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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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AI is like a hammer (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 5 months ago by ironhydroxide to c/[email protected]

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Any tool can be a hammer if you use it wrong enough.

A good hammer is designed to be a hammer and only used like a hammer.

If you have a fancy new hammer, everything looks like a nail.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Some hammers use enough energy to power a small country in order to show you a cake recipe without an entire backstory and 50 ads.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

Without ads for now

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Then it WAS worth it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

A cake recipe that instructs you to put non-toxic glue in it, and some small pebbles on top of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

This hammer does the same without using the energy of a small country https://theskullery.net