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Godot Isn't Making it - (What if AI has already peaked?) (www.wheresyoured.at)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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New Ed! Not much particularly new info, just a general lament and summary of the state of tech and how much has been pinned on magical thinking. Has some wonderfully quotable sections.

What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new terms of the present? What if artificial intelligence isn't actually capable of doing much more than what we're seeing today, and what if there's no clear timeline when it'll be able to do more? What if this entire hype cycle has been built, goosed by a compliant media ready and willing to take career-embellishers at their word?

Please forgive my addition to the title, as it's meant to be a play on "Waiting for Godot", not a comment on the Godot game engine. Wanted to make that more clear than the title alone would.

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[–] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 19 points 2 weeks ago

Well maybe tech should stop taking over perfectly good words grumble grumble.

Well half joking; there are much worse culprits than Godot (looking at you Apple) and something like "Still Waiting For Godot" may have made the reference easier to get.