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Offline Matthew

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Think AI is smart? Basically a bunch of PhDs? Ha!
« on: February 13, 2026, 01:29:26 PM »
I typed in "is sola granola discontinued" (knowing that it IS discontinued)

But the AI confidently tells me it isn't. With a single link to an Amazon.com page, where ALL the varieties of this cereal are marked "Unavailable". Sorry, but you're not making a good case here that it's not discontinued. Oh, and nothing comes up on Wal-mart.com either. No product records for Sola at all -- whether in stock OR out of stock.

AI is comically flawed; it's amazing so many billions of dollars are being poured into it (as if it's going to be capable of real intelligence any time soon) and this bubble is BOUND to burst at some point. A useful tool? sure. But so is a hammer. It's not going to replace human beings like billionaires (who are personally invested in AI) would have us believe.
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Offline MaterDominici

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Re: Think AI is smart? Basically a bunch of PhDs? Ha!
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2026, 06:09:00 PM »
I've come across this at least a dozen times. AI has no sense of time. Any fact that changes over time absolutely stumps AI and the worst part is that it will never admit that it doesn't know.
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Offline Godefroy

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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2026, 09:56:08 PM »
So in effect AI hasn't taken onboard the hermeneutic of continuity. It's more godlike than we gave it credit for   
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Online Boomerang

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Re: Think AI is smart? Basically a bunch of PhDs? Ha!
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2026, 11:15:51 PM »
The disruption is not in the reasoning or intelligence though, its the automation of tasks. So whether its a senior coder getting code back in 10 minutes that might have taken a junior coder half a day to write, or scanning and filing invoices to a database, its going to cut jobs (IF anyone bothers to implement it in a serious manner). 

I don't see governments preparing alternative jobs for those put out by automation, so AI might remain dumb, but it will impact a lot of service-related jobs.
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Online Centroamerica

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« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2026, 03:28:24 AM »
A.I. has the ability to amplify intelligence, but that has limits of course. You must know how to use it, not thinking it’s an omniscient tool but rather a tool that is often wrong and inaccurate but has an ability to use logic and order. It’s only as good as the user using it if the data is not “filed” correctly. 
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