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Marie Marie

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6. Thank you Bernie, for taking on this subject. AI is being pushed down our throats and

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 04:26 PM

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it is now where near ready to do all that it is being hyped to do. We know it, the tech bros know it but will never admit it and dry up the spigot of funding keeping them afloat.

OTOH, that pic of Bernie sitting across from and conversing with the computer will go down in my memory with the pic of him in his mitten and scarf at the inauguration. Adorable.

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Bernie vs. Claude [View all] Quixote1818 Tuesday OP

Don't like a thing about this. Tells him what he wants to hear. An Infamous MAGA get same answers to same questions? IA8IT Tuesday #1

Bernie, like most everyone here, understands the implications and societal costs of AI. Gaugamela Tuesday #3

The Waterboy was released in 1998 IA8IT Tuesday #4

How would 2 people.... RussBLib Tuesday #5

Large Language Models are really non-deterministic (semi-random) number generators HesNotHere Tuesday #8

bernie is asking the right questions rampartd Tuesday #2

Thank you Bernie, for taking on this subject. AI is being pushed down our throats and Marie Marie Tuesday #6

I got more specific answers for some reason, and I think it's interesting. scipan Tuesday #7

LLMs are non-deterministic HesNotHere Tuesday #9

I agree that it doesn't "know" anything, but it does alot more than just predicting the next token. scipan Tuesday #10

No, it doesn't. HesNotHere Tuesday #11

Number generator? Even parallel processors work in binary numbers, don't they? scipan Tuesday #12

I disagree about its intent. scipan Tuesday #13

Training is not programming. HesNotHere Tuesday #14

It's a form of programming. Training is probably a better word. scipan Wednesday #17

Training is not programming HesNotHere Wednesday #20

BTW, if people can come to a real understanding of what is happening under the hood... HesNotHere Tuesday #15

I know, it's scary nt scipan Wednesday #18

Last thing....if you use your cellphone to ask ChatGPT what the solution is Fermi's Paradox... HesNotHere Tuesday #16

Also no warp drive or Crucible scipan Wednesday #19

I play with it and work with it too HesNotHere Wednesday #21

Hell, give it an arm, and a goat, and maybe a few more updates. scipan Wednesday #23

Side note, warp drive misses the point of the sad joke of the universe HesNotHere Wednesday #22

Yeah it's not looking good. nt scipan Wednesday #24