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Ed Zitron

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

I fully agree.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

And I even said I was on Chris Hayes' show a couple weeks ago.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

And I said, I think we should legally ban boosters from using the future tense.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

I don't think they should be allowed to say if either.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

I don't think they should be able to say will.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

I think they should only be allowed to talk about what's coming out today.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

You can go two weeks in the future, Max.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

I think that because when you read any story about AI that's positive, it always speaks in the future tense.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

It does not speak about what's happening now.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

And when they do speak about what's happening now, it's the vaguest stuff in the world.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

It's like it can write or it can autonomously write software.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

Is the software good?

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

No.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

Is it stable?

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

No.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

Can you even actually do anything with it if you don't know what you're doing?

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

No.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

Is the code overly verbose?

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

Yes.

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The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport

It's like there are tons of problems with it, but one sentence allows the generalities to grow.