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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] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They are neural networks which are some of the oldest AI tech we have.

You can hate them, but they are by definition AI.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

uhm no, AI is relaying on neural networks (which are just weighted gates) but Neural Networks are not by definition AI.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry but they absolutely are.

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

sorry, but I disagree.